<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Native mysql connector extension fails to be loaded" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107579#c9">Comment # 9</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Native mysql connector extension fails to be loaded" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107579">bug 107579</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:lionel@mamane.lu" title="Lionel Elie Mamane <lionel@mamane.lu>"> Lionel Elie Mamane</a> <pre>(In reply to Julien Nabet from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=107579#c4">comment #4</a>) > (...) I must recognize I don't know: > - if we want to migrate towards MariaDB or keep both (MariaDB and Mysql) We ship one connector (that is an SDBC driver) that can connect to both. > - if MariaDB is still compatible with Mysql or, since this one is a fork, it > begins to differ too much Supposed to be compatible. Technically the only change that happened is that we changed from MySQL's libmysqlclient C library (GPL licensed + exceptions, also called C connector) to MariaDB's fork of it (LGPL licensed). We still use on top of that MySQL's libmysqlcppconn (C++ Connector) which is GPL licensed. (The LibreOffice code uses only libmysqlcppconn but that one uses libmysqlclient underneath.) There was a desire at some point to remove libmysqlcppconn from the stack, but the workforce to implement that never materialised. > - if the connector must still be named mysqlconnector whereas we use MariaDB <shrug></pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>