Dear Maintainer,

Following a recent discussion on debian-devel@[1], there is a plan to dismantle
the default-mysql-* virtual package construct provided by the mysql-defaults
source package. With the recent releases of MySQL 9.7 and MariaDB 12.3, there is
now enough divergence between the two codebases to warrant dismantling this
metapackage in the Forky (Debian 14) cycle.

This is filed with severity 'normal' as this change is not urgent.

We are asking maintainers to drop any dependencies on these virtual packages:
* default-libmysqlclient-dev
* default-mysql-client
* default-mysql-client-core
* default-mysql-server
* default-mysql-server-core

However, how this is handled in is in your discretion based on the details of
how the package is maintained and tested in Debian. There are mainly three
options:

- Direct switch: The most straightforward approach is to switch defaut-mysql-*
  directly to the MariaDB equivalent (libmariadb-dev, mariadb-client,
  mariadb-server, etc). For example 'Depends: mariadb-server'.

- Dual compatibility: If the package actively supports both engines and you wish
  to keep an alternative runtime path open for users drawing from third-party
  repositories, you can declare an OR dependency. For example
  'Depends: mariadb-server | mysql-server'.

- Specific constraint: If your package does not work with MariaDB, feel free to
  tailor the package relationships to match that constraint. This is however
  very unlikely as all Debian releases in past decade have only shipped with
  MariaDB, and the open source ecosystem has largely shifted to lean towards
  MariaDB.

This change is targeted specifically for the Forky cycle and does not affect any
existing stable releases.

Thank you for your time and your work maintaining parser-mysql in Debian!

Hello,

This bug has been open for several months. Just wondering if there is any
particular reason it hasn't been done or if it is just in general due to lack of
maintainer time? of time?

- Otto

Right...

There is no maintainer; this package is orphaned.  I'll prepare a QA
upload tomorrow.  Thanks for the reminder.

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
parser-mysql, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1137158@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Yavor Doganov <yavor@gnu.org> (supplier of updated parser-mysql package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:19:31 +0300
Source: parser-mysql
Architecture: source
Version: 10.9-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org>
Changed-By: Yavor Doganov <yavor@gnu.org>
Closes: 1137158
Changes:
 parser-mysql (10.9-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * QA upload.
   * debian/control (Build-Depends): Partially revert last change: replace
     default-libmysqlclient-dev with libmariadb-dev-compat as the former
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     level 14.  Add dh-sequence-single-binary.
     (Depends): Replace default-libmysqlclient-dev with
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     not needed with debhelper's compatibility level 14.
     (Description): Prepend MariaDB.
     (Section, Priority): Remove; redundant.
     (Standards-Version): Claim compliance with 4.7.4.
   * debian/rules (PACKAGE, TMP): Remove definitions; unnecessary.
     (override_dh_auto_install): Amend path for the .la file and don't
     ignore errors from rm.
   * debian/install: New file.
   * debian/watch: Upgrade to version 5.
   * debian/copyright: Update years for Debian packaging; replace my
     copyright claim with Debian QA Group.
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