#18 Switch from MySQL to MariaDB

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Please switch from MySQL to MariaDB

Motivation:

• Many are upgrading from Oracle MySQL to truly open source MariaDB by original creators of MySQL. Oracle only publishes code dumps at release time, and is not viewed as a true open source project, while MariaDB is developed fully in the open.
• Most of the Linux ecosystem has already switched to MariaDB. For example Fedora/RedHat and SUSE ship by default only MariaDB since a few years back. MariaDB has been available in Ubuntu since 14.04 and in Debian since version 8. Debian is going to have MariaDB as default in next release and Ubuntu is likely to follow.
• Projects like XAMPP already has MariaDB as default.
• Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is a sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation and all new WordPress.com deployments use MariaDB.
• Also many other prominent sites have switched to MariaDB, like Wikipedia.org and Google. More details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MariaDB
• Techincal benefits listed at https://seravo.fi/2015/10-reasons-to-migrate-to-mariadb-if-still-using-mysql

The MAMP project is at the risk of becoming less relevant unless it provides MariaDB to its users. MariaDB is a drop-in-replacement to MySQL, so it should be easy to switch.

[otomatic]

so it should be easy to switch.
Do it !

[otomatic]

MariaDB is supported with Wampserver 3.0.7

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Thanks! Could you please also update http://www.wampserver.com/en/ to mention MariaDB somewhere? Now it only mentions MySQL.