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[Postfixadmin-devel] Official support for MariaDB?

[Tanstaafl <tan...@li...>]

Hi all,

(Formal Feature Request link:

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3488194&group_id=191583&atid=937967)

I've been seriously questioning my continuing use of MySQL ever since 
Oracle bought Sun, and I'd really like to switch... however, since 
postfixadmin is my main use of mysql, I'd rather not do this 
unless/until postfixadmin officially adds support for it.

Are there any existing plans/efforts to do this? From what I've read 
about MariaDB, it is virtually a drop in replacement for MySQL, so I was 
hoping it wouldn't be too difficult to add official support for it, then 
maybe after a certain period, just drop official support for MySQL - 
unless of course the devs are ok with maintaining them both until such 
time as they diverge to the point that maintaining them both becomes too 
much work.

Thanks to all who make postfixadmin the best way to maintain a mail server!

Charles

Re: [Postfixadmin-devel] Official support for MariaDB?

[Oliver S. <ol...@sc...>]

If not maria, postgresql support is excellent ;)

On 02/16/12 13:48, Tanstaafl wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> (Formal Feature Request link:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3488194&group_id=191583&atid=937967)
>
> I've been seriously questioning my continuing use of MySQL ever since
> Oracle bought Sun, and I'd really like to switch... however, since
> postfixadmin is my main use of mysql, I'd rather not do this
> unless/until postfixadmin officially adds support for it.
>
> Are there any existing plans/efforts to do this? From what I've read
> about MariaDB, it is virtually a drop in replacement for MySQL, so I was
> hoping it wouldn't be too difficult to add official support for it, then
> maybe after a certain period, just drop official support for MySQL -
> unless of course the devs are ok with maintaining them both until such
> time as they diverge to the point that maintaining them both becomes too
> much work.
>
> Thanks to all who make postfixadmin the best way to maintain a mail server!
>
> Charles
>
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Re: [Postfixadmin-devel] Official support for MariaDB?

[Tanstaafl <tan...@li...>]

On 2012-02-16 7:57 AM, Oliver Schinagl <ol...@sc...> wrote:
> On 02/16/12 13:48, Tanstaafl wrote:
>> I've been seriously questioning my continuing use of MySQL ever since
>> Oracle bought Sun, and I'd really like to switch... however, since
>> postfixadmin is my main use of mysql, I'd rather not do this
>> unless/until postfixadmin officially adds support for it.

 > If not maria, postgresql support is excellent ;)

Yeah, I know, I looked at doing that, but postgresql is *much* more 
difficult to work with (at least, after the couple of hours I played 
with it), and I'm not sure of what I'm doing, whereas I'm comfortable in 
mysql...

Re: [Postfixadmin-devel] Official support for MariaDB?

[Oliver S. <ol...@sc...>]

While I don't want to start a postgres vs mysql thing here, I find them 
to be equally in usage. I've used both and the basic level are nearly 
identical?

On 16-02-12 15:02, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2012-02-16 7:57 AM, Oliver Schinagl<ol...@sc...>  wrote:
>> On 02/16/12 13:48, Tanstaafl wrote:
>>> I've been seriously questioning my continuing use of MySQL ever since
>>> Oracle bought Sun, and I'd really like to switch... however, since
>>> postfixadmin is my main use of mysql, I'd rather not do this
>>> unless/until postfixadmin officially adds support for it.
>   >  If not maria, postgresql support is excellent ;)
>
> Yeah, I know, I looked at doing that, but postgresql is *much* more
> difficult to work with (at least, after the couple of hours I played
> with it), and I'm not sure of what I'm doing, whereas I'm comfortable in
> mysql...
>
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> Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing
> also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service.
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Re: [Postfixadmin-devel] Official support for MariaDB?

[David G. <da...@co...>]

My ignorant understanding is that it really is a drop in replacement - so no changes are needed on the postfixadmin side - certainly not yet anyway.

As in the protocol/php library etc are compatible … so it's just down to the sysadmin to swap out mysql for mariadb.


thanks
David.

Re: [Postfixadmin-devel] Official support for MariaDB?

[Tanstaafl <tan...@li...>]

On 2012-02-16 7:58 AM, David Goodwin <da...@co...> wrote:
> My ignorant understanding is that it really is a drop in replacement
> - so no changes are needed on the postfixadmin side - certainly not
> yet anyway.
>
> As in the protocol/php library etc are compatible … so it's just down
> to the sysadmin to swap out mysql for mariadb.

Ok, if that is true (great to here that it is), then it should be even 
easier to provide what I was actually asking for - *official* support - 
ie, mentioning its support specifically in the docs (installation, etc), 
and in the examples provided in config.inc.php itself...

Re: [Postfixadmin-devel] Official support for MariaDB?

[David G. <da...@co...>]

On 16 Feb 2012, at 14:07, Tanstaafl wrote:

> On 2012-02-16 7:58 AM, David Goodwin <da...@co...> wrote:
>> My ignorant understanding is that it really is a drop in replacement
>> - so no changes are needed on the postfixadmin side - certainly not
>> yet anyway.
>> 
>> As in the protocol/php library etc are compatible … so it's just down
>> to the sysadmin to swap out mysql for mariadb.
> 
> Ok, if that is true (great to here that it is), then it should be even 
> easier to provide what I was actually asking for - *official* support - 
> ie, mentioning its support specifically in the docs (installation, etc), 
> and in the examples provided in config.inc.php itself…

Well - if we had reports from someone that it works without any changes, then I'd see no reason why not to mention it

thanks
David.

Re: [Postfixadmin-devel] Official support for MariaDB?

[Tanstaafl <tan...@li...>]

On 2012-02-16 9:34 AM, David Goodwin <da...@co...> wrote:
> On 16 Feb 2012, at 14:07, Tanstaafl wrote:
>> On 2012-02-16 7:58 AM, David Goodwin<da...@co...>  wrote:
>>> My ignorant understanding is that it really is a drop in replacement
>>> - so no changes are needed on the postfixadmin side - certainly not
>>> yet anyway.
>>>
>>> As in the protocol/php library etc are compatible … so it's just down
>>> to the sysadmin to swap out mysql for mariadb.

>> Ok, if that is true (great to here that it is), then it should be even
>> easier to provide what I was actually asking for - *official* support -
>> ie, mentioning its support specifically in the docs (installation, etc),
>> and in the examples provided in config.inc.php itself…

> Well - if we had reports from someone that it works without any
> changes, then I'd see no reason why not to mention it

Understood, but my request is not about just 'mentioning' it, it is 
about first adopting formal support for it, then eventually dropping 
support for mysql... personally I think it is important to do this 
sooner rather than later, seeing as how Oracle has such a bad reputation 
for destroying the quality of the software they acquire, which is the 
reason for my formal Feature Request...