[Mageia-dev] mysql vs mariadb

[nicolas vigier]

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011, Dexter Morgan wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 5:50 PM, nicolas vigier <boklm at mars-attacks.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 08 Apr 2011, Oliver Burger wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> So I'd like to ask you, what you think, we should do?
> >> - package mariadb as an alternative for mysql
> >> - package mariadb nd drop mysql or
> >> - stay with mysql and not package mariadb at all at least for the time
> >> being
> >
> > I would start with mariadb as an alternative. Then drop mysql later,
> > if/when it's confirmed that mysql is really dead and we could check
> > that mariadb is a good replacement.
> >
> >
> and then why mariasql and not skysql ?

If I understood correctly, SkySQL is not a software but a company that
provide support for MySQL and MariaDB.