[mythtv-users] mysql (or mariadb) version for 0.27 under Gentoo

[Monkey Pet]

On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Paul B. Henson <henson at acm.org> wrote:

> I've been running 0.20 for like six years, and am finally upgrading my
> equipment and updating mythtv (I'm also switching from 3 PCI dvb tuners
> to 2 HDHR boxes, so can run both the old and new in parallel for a while
> :), which will definitely decrease the upgrade anxiety).
>
> I'm planning on installing 0.27 under gentoo, and am trying to decide
> what to do about mysql. The current stable version of mysql in gentoo
> is 5.1.70, which seems pretty decrepit 8-/. The newest version in
> portage is 5.5.32. It looks like the latest stable upstream is actually
>

Fedora 20 ships with Maria DB 5.5.x and it has been working fine with
mythtv as far as I can tell.


> 5.6.15. I'd actually rather go with mariadb than mysql, based on mailing
> list archives it seems the developers' stance is they're willing to
> support mariadb unless it diverges too much from mysql (hopefully one
> day they'll actually switch to officially supporting mariadb and make
> mysql the "as-possible" variant ;), boo oracle). There is no stable
> version of mariadb in gentoo :(, with the latest unstable version being
> 5.5.32, and the most recent stable upstream 5.5.34.
>
> It looks like most current distributions are using either mysql or
> mariadb 5.5, so I'm thinking of making a local ebuild and using mariadb
> 5.5.34, but I wanted to make a quick check as far as whether or not
> there's a specific version of mysql/mariadb that would be best, or
> alternatively if there are any specific versions to be sure to avoid.
>
> Thanks much...
>
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