[Mageia-dev] mysql CVE's in mga1 => have it update to mariadb

[Thomas Backlund]

13.04.2012 19:11, Maarten Vanraes skrev:
> Op vrijdag 13 april 2012 13:12:08 schreef AL13N:
> [....]
> 
> i guess most packagers want option 2 here.
> 
> i don't think this is a good idea in general and i was of the opinion that the 
> diff between migrating mysql 5.5.22 and mariadb 5.5.23 were quite the same...
> 
> nonetheless, the package naming difference could have effects on it on a stable 
> version, so i concede to this solution.
> 
> however, i'll note that mariadb likely contains extra bugfixes, which this 
> mysql 5.5.22 will not have.
> 
> i guess this is the step where this is more or less decided and some packager 
> steps in and does the actual work. any volunteers? perhaps that person can 
> also become maintainer of it?
> 

I've started working on mysql-5.5.23 (as it contains another security
fix), and will release it to updates_testing for Mageia 1 as soon as
possible.

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Thomas