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MySQL Quietly Drops Support For Debian Linux [UPDATED]

Posted by kdawson on from the any-color-as-long-as-it's-black dept.

volts writes "MySQL quietly deprecated support for most Linux distributions on October 16, when its 'MySQL Network' support plan was replaced by 'MySQL Enterprise.' MySQL now supports only two Linux distributions — Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. We learned of this when MySQL declined to sell us support for some new Debian-based servers. Our sales rep 'found out from engineering that the current Enterprise offering is no longer supported on Debian OS.' We were told that 'Generic Linux' in MySQL's list of supported platforms means 'generic versions of the implementations listed above'; not support for Linux in general." Update: 12/13 20:52 GMT by J : MySQL AB's Director of Architecture (and former Slash programmer) Brian Aker corrects an apparent miscommunication in a blog post: "we are just starting to roll out [Enterprise] binaries... We don't build binaries for Debian in part because the Debian community does a good job themselves... If you call MySQL and you have support we support you if you are running Debian (the same with Suse, RHEL, Fedora, Ubuntu and others)... someone in Sales was left with the wrong information"

3 of 339 comments (clear)

  1. Bit misleading by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    MySQL (the database) still works with Debian, but MySQL (the support company) no longer sells support for Debian.

    1. Re:Bit misleading by modir · · Score: 5, Informative

      The article here on Slashdot is a little bit misleading. You still can get support from them. Them main part is this:
      Will you support MySQL Binaries built by third-party vendors? No.
      http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/supportpolicies /policies-04.html#q04

      The person who wrote this article wanted to take the binaries provided by Debian. And this doesn't work. But if you take the binaries from MySQL you should still get support.

  2. Solution by Shawn+is+an+Asshole · · Score: 5, Informative

    Loudly drop support for MySQL. Here are two excellent alternatives:

    PostgreSQL
    Firebird

    Still, Debian provides good MySQL packages. Use them instead. If you need support, I'm sure you could find someone to provide it for you.

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