Re: [opensuse] MySQL Plugins - Public Opinion

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:

On Wednesday 21 January 2009, Michal Hrusecky wrote about '[opensuse] MySQL Plugins - Public Opinion':

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Packaging possibilities:

1) Make it as much modular as it is possible. Everything what can be build as a module will be build as a module and let the people choose what they really want.

I vote here. Specifically, introduce mysql-core and a mysql-$plugin for each plugin. Have the mysql package bring in -core and all -${plugin}s that are currently in 5.0. Have mysql-full bring in -core and all -${plugin}s that are packaged, as long as no -$plugin conflicts with a different one. Eventually, transition to the mysql package bringing in -core and popular/expected plugins -- basically tuned toward "the average user" instead of "exactly what 5.0 users expect".

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(iii) All plugins are enabled by default if you are installing new MySQL, enabled after upgrade from 5.0, keep untouched if upgrading from 5.1

I vote here. Installing the plugin should be enough to enable it, and if people want to disable plugins they have installed they can do it manually. If a plugin has a history of security issues, then possibly change the default for that specific plugin to disabled.

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