From: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
To: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr>
Cc: buildroot@buildroot.org
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/mysql: change default implementation to mariadb
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 09:24:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y1b2bbqu.fsf@48ers.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240226203532.12112-1-ju.o@free.fr> (Julien Olivain's message of "Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:35:32 +0100")
>>>>> "Julien" == Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr> writes:
> The mysql package is a virtual package with two implementations:
> oracle-mysql (the initial project), and mariadb (the fork of mysql).
> This virtual package was introduced in commit [1] (2016).
> The last version bump of oracle-mysql was in commit [2] (2014). This
> mysql version 5.1.73 dates from 2013 [3].
> Package statistics at [4] reports 177 CVEs on this oracle-mysql
> version (as of Buildroot tag 2024.02-rc1).
> Finally, oracle-mysql has 12 package patches accumulated over the time
> and there is nobody registered in the DEVELOPER file for it.
> On the other hand, the Buildroot mariadb package seems to be in a
> better shape: the package version is more recent, and received
> frequent updates, since its introduction.
> There is several packages selecting BR2_PACKAGE_MYSQL, which will use
> the old oracle-mysql without the user knowing it (other than
> generating the CVE list with "make pkg-stats").
> In the meantime oracle-mysql receive a major update, this commits
> changes the default implementation of the mysql virtual package from
> oracle-mysql to mariadb.
> [1] https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/commit/3d707d2b4fa6362cb37754f6c5fbb06240f5faf5
> [2] https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/commit/42c56751fc554503a03d4a914ce2e814eeaf5a41
> [3] https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/releases/tag/mysql-5.1.73
> [4] http://autobuild.buildroot.org/stats/master.html
> Signed-off-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr>
> ---
> Patch tested on branch master at commit 7a9ba7a with commands:
Thanks. Maybe we should instead get rid of the oracle-mysql package (and
the virtual package) if nobody cares about keeping it updated anyway?
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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2024-02-26 20:35 [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/mysql: change default implementation to mariadb Julien Olivain
2024-03-01 8:24 ` Peter Korsgaard [this message]
2024-03-01 21:45 ` Julien Olivain
2024-03-02 14:37 ` Yann E. MORIN
2024-03-03 16:01 ` Arnout Vandecappelle via buildroot
2024-03-03 17:55 ` Peter Korsgaard
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