[CentOS] why does centos 7 want to install mariadb instead of mysql ?

[Nux!]

Hi,

This is a similar move with replacing OpenOffice (back then also under the Oracle umbrella) with LibreOFfice. 
Replace product owned by evil corporation with the true open source alternative (which happens to be developed by the original devs of MySQL!); this may not be RH's main reason, but it's how I see it.

For one I totally support this move and I was a bit afraid RHEL7 wouldn't be released in time to incorporate this change.

You should use MariaDB without fear, it should be the same thing and replaces MySQL gracefully.



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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Dunphy" <bluethundr at gmail.com>
> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
> Sent: Saturday, 30 August, 2014 7:10:53 PM
> Subject: [CentOS] why does centos 7 want to install mariadb instead of mysql	?
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> 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? I'm using
> epel and remi as my repos.
> 
> [root at web1:/etc/yum.repos.d] #cat /etc/redhat-release
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.0 (Maipo)
> 
> [root at web1:/etc/yum.repos.d] #yum repolist
> Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb
> repo id                                          repo name
>  status
> epel/x86_64                                      Extra Packages for Enter
> 5,610
> remi                                             Les RPM de remi pour Ent
> 1,005
> remi-php56                                       Les RPM de remi de PHP 5
> 227
> rhui-REGION-client-config-server-7/x86_64        Red Hat Update Infrastru
>   2
> rhui-REGION-rhel-server-optional/7Server/x86_64  Red Hat Enterprise Linux
> 4,360
> rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases/7Server/x86_64  Red Hat Enterprise Linux
> 4,718
> rhui-REGION-rhel-server-rh-common/7Server/x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux
>   9
> repolist: 15,931
> 
> 
> 
> [root at web1:/etc/yum.repos.d] #yum install mysql-server
> Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb
> Resolving Dependencies
> ......
> 
> 
> Dependencies Resolved
> 
> ================================================================================
>  Package         Arch   Version          Repository
>  Size
> ================================================================================
> Installing:
>  mariadb-galera-server
>                  x86_64 1:5.5.37-2.el7   epel
>  11 M
> Installing for dependencies:
>  boost-program-options
>                  x86_64 1.53.0-18.el7    rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
> 154 k
>  galera          x86_64 25.3.5-7.el7     epel
> 1.1 M
>  libaio          x86_64 0.3.109-12.el7   rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
>  24 k
>  mariadb         x86_64 1:5.5.37-1.el7_0 rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
> 9.0 M
>  mariadb-galera-common
>                  x86_64 1:5.5.37-2.el7   epel
> 212 k
>  perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2
>                  x86_64 2.061-3.el7      rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
>  32 k
>  perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib
>                  x86_64 1:2.061-4.el7    rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
>  57 k
>  perl-DBD-MySQL  x86_64 4.023-5.el7      rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
> 140 k
>  perl-DBI        x86_64 1.627-4.el7      rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
> 802 k
>  perl-IO-Compress
>                  noarch 2.061-2.el7      rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
> 260 k
>  perl-Net-Daemon noarch 0.48-5.el7       rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
>  51 k
>  perl-PlRPC      noarch 0.2020-14.el7    rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
>  36 k
> 
> Transaction Summary
> ================================================================================
> Install  1 Package (+12 Dependent packages)
> 
> Total download size: 23 M
> Installed size: 114 M
> Is this ok [y/d/N]:
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> Thanks
> Tim
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