[mythtv-users] MythTV with MariaDB

[Kevon]

On 03/26/2013 11:27 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> Based on the information Gary has provided, I just wanted to summarize
> for you.
> 
> You should be fine using MariaDB with MythTV, provided you use MyISAM
> tables (so please do not attempt to switch to InnoDB before changing to
> MariaDB, and, if necessary, ensure you have enabled the MyISAM storage
> engine on MariaDB).  We'll do our best to provide support for you (or
> others) using MariaDB, though if some incompatible difference is ever
> found, we'll probably have to side with MySQL for the official fix.  I
> don't expect this to be a problem, but I'm mentioning it just so that
> you make the decision with appropriate expectations.  Since your distro
> is switching to MariaDB, your best bet is likely to just use MariaDB.
> 
> Mike

This is along the lines of what I was planning with the MariaDB switch.
Happy to hear the Dev team will provide support. I am also open to the
option of building and my own MySQL package if MariaDB does not work as
intended.