[1]: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Slackware-Linux-switc...
[2]: http://blog.mariadb.org/opensuse-12-3-released-with-mariadb-...
[3]: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-19-MariaDB-ins...
Subject: NEW: MariaDB
To: ports@openbsd.org
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:55:07 -0400
Here is a new port of MariaDB.
MariaDB is a fork of MySQL maintained in the open. The development
environment is so much better than what has become of MySQL AB since
Oracle took over Sun. They deal with security issues in a much better
manner and don't try to hide the tickets or any details regarding the
issues. Bugs are fixed much quicker and tickets in general are dealt
with in a much better manner. MariaDB 5.5 will replace the current
MySQL 5.1 port for the next release.
...http://chakra-project.org/news/index.php?/archives/3-Switchi...
Ubuntu and Debian testing and up maybe sooner.
Ubuntu, on the other hand, doesn't have the same strong OSS sensibilities and will probably tow the Oracle line, at least for a little while longer.
Sorry to ruin your "Ubuntu is more closed" claim (seriously why even make that up?) but Ubuntu has been discussing switching to MariaDB at for the past year -- here are the last 2 blueprints with the progress:
- https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-q-... - https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-r-...
Also it's "toe the line", and we're toeing with Debian, it just happens to be the same person doing the work in Ubuntu and Debian, so doing the work in Debian and syncing to Ubuntu makes the most sense.