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  • sc68cal1 hour ago
    I think it's a good idea, as a decades long user of InnoDB. I hope that the work can be shared with other forks of MySQL
  • direwolf201 hour ago
    yeah but it's Oracle. You want MariaDB now.
    • HackerThemAll32 minutes ago
      I prefer PostgreSQL. Don't see any advantage of MySQL/Maria.
  • exabrial4 days ago
    I mean great, but there are 0 commits in 2026 Github for MySQL. I think pretty much everyone is planning a transition to MariaDB or Postgres.<p>MySQL is a beloved OSS product and project. Losing influence over that would be a massive mistake by Oracle.<p>Citation: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;mysql&#x2F;mysql-server&#x2F;commits&#x2F;trunk&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;mysql&#x2F;mysql-server&#x2F;commits&#x2F;trunk&#x2F;</a>
    • harwoodr1 hour ago
      &gt;It&#x27;s because MySQL apparently does development in-house in a git repository and only occasionally pushes it to GitHub<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;optimizedbyotto.com&#x2F;post&#x2F;reasons-to-stop-using-mysql&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;optimizedbyotto.com&#x2F;post&#x2F;reasons-to-stop-using-mysql...</a>
      • exabrial1 hour ago
        I saw that page, but interestingly enough I don&#x27;t see that quote on there
    • earless111 minutes ago
      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.percona.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;separating-fud-and-reality-has-mysql-really-been-abandoned&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.percona.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;separating-fud-and-reality-has-...</a><p>This has been debunked, they&#x27;ve never used Github as their main development area