On 2014-08-30, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr at 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 -- kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us