<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, May 13, 2018, 2:39 AM Bret Busby <<a href="mailto:bret.busby@gmail.com">bret.busby@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 13/05/2018, Jan Ceuleers <<a href="mailto:jan.ceuleers@gmail.com" target="_blank">jan.ceuleers@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On 13/05/18 10:32, Bret Busby wrote:<br>
>> So, what happens if I have any application installed, that relies on<br>
>> mysql?<br>
>><br>
>> I do not know that I have any application installed, that relies on<br>
>> mysql, but, it had not occured to me, that mythtv would rely on<br>
>> mariadb, or, any other database, so, I assume that it is possible that<br>
>> I have some application(s) installed, that rely on mysql.<br>
><br>
> Mariadb is a mysql fork. ISTR that the fork was made in order to avoid<br>
> Oracle becoming too powerful due to the number of open source (and<br>
> closed source alike) projects relying on mysql, and Oracle's somewhat<br>
> threatening behaviour in respect of continuing support and development.<br>
><br>
> The API exposed by mariadb is identical to mysql's. An application<br>
> should not notice the difference between the two.<br>
><br>
> But it is conceivable that an application's packaging includes<br>
> dependencies that fail to recognise the equivalence of mariadb and<br>
> mysql. If you encounter such an application I would recommend filing a<br>
> bug with whoever did the packaging.<br>
><br>
<br>
The Ubuntu Software Centre, when displaying the information about<br>
mythtv, has the link for the "Developer website", as pointing to<br>
<a href="http://mythtv.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">mythtv.org</a>.<br>
<br>
So, I am wondering whether the developers of the Ubuntu mythtv<br>
package(s) would happen to be subscribed to, and, involved in, this<br>
list?<br>
<br>
-- <br>
<br>
Bret Busby<br>
Armadale<br>
West Australia<br>
<br>
..............</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>That's me, and I explained exactly what the issue was last night.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <br>
</blockquote></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">-Thomas</div></div>