Paul POULAIN escribió:
Most (all?) distros are provided with mySQL4 as well as mySQL5, so that's not a major problem I think.
Debian 4.0 (codename "Etch", ETA December 2006) doesn't provide MySQL 4.0 or 4.1, just a 5.0 server, and actually it might be released with a 5.1 server. Chances are you won't see MySQL 4.x officially supported in any of the next Debian releases. I had a hard time trying to setup MySQL 4.1 in an Etch box, and even after I made it, I felt uncomfortable about having MySQL outside my packaging system, so I had to fall back to Debian 3.1 which only provides MySQL 4.1, but also provides less packaged Perl modules; for example some modules under the MARC namespace are packaged in Etch but not in Sarge. I think Alex King pointed out in previous messages and threads that the Debian packaging would suffer a lot from this. This also affects Ubuntu, since they don't provide MySQL 4 since Dapper, and other Debian derivatives, including local developments we're working out in Venezuela. However I understand that it's not responsible to ship 2.2 versions of Koha with faulty or sloppy MySQL 5 support.
In rel_3_0, toins is working hard to achieve mySQL5 compatibility, and it's not a small task because it requires many many testings.
Given my previous opinions, I do consider it very important to improve (and maybe unofficially backport) MySQL 5 support in 3.0 releases of Koha. If you are going to release test packages of Koha with MySQL 5 support, please let me know so I can test it and provide some feedback. I'm sorry I can't offer my help as a DBA, since my DB skills are quite poor. I can actually help with Debian packaging if someone needs any help on that. Jose -- José M. Parrella -> Debian Sid, k2.6.17.13 Escuela de Ingenieria Electrica Universidad Central de Venezuela -> ucvlug.info