On 2014-08-30, Tim Dunphy bluethundr@gmail.com wrote:
I just got around to trying out CentOS 7. And for some reason when I attempt to install mysql-server, instead I'm offered mariadb?
There are concerns in the wider open source community about Oracle's long-term plans for MySQL. I also imagine there is some concern from RedHat that Oracle is trying to move in to RedHat's space with Oracle Linux.
I'm using epel and remi as my repos.
Questions about non-CentOS repos should probably be directed to lists for those repos; CentOS has no official authority over EPEL (I am not familiar with remi).
I don't know what you think, but this is just weird to me. Why on earth would CentOS 7 be trying to get me to install a database that I don't really want instead of MySQL? Nothing against mariadb. It's just that I haven't tried it yet, and don't have a real interest to.
If MariaDB is coming from EPEL, as suggested by your yum output, then CentOS is not trying to get you to do anything. But I believe that MariaDB is also in core CentOS. Perhaps RH does not have an alias for mysql-server but EPEL does?
MariaDB should be a drop-in replacement for MySQL. If you have concerns about Oracle and MySQL you should seriously consider trying MariaDB. You may decide against it, of course, but at least you'll have made a technical decision instead of a knee-jerk one. (I do still find links that conflate MySQL and MariaDB, which is unfortunate.)
--keith