Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: News item: MySQL 5.1 bump

["Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@gentoo.org>]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 04:20:27AM +0000, Duncan wrote:
> """
> Note that existing databases will need converted as well,
> again including those upgrading from 5.0 to 5.1.
> Details can be found in the official upgrade docs at:
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/upgrade.html
> """
_may_ need to be converted, not _will_. 

> If you wish to put the unofficial upgrade recommendation in too, that 
> would be fine.
That would encourage users not to read the above document.

> Hopefully that'll cover us users that don't particularly care about 
> databases, we just want our kde to work... and it'll continue to do so. 
> =:^)  (IOW, are there any particularly different procedures for upgrading 
> databases in user's $HOME dirs? 
- If you're using embedded MySQL (Amarok), you're going to be on your
  own.
- If you actually ran mysqld as your own user (Akonadi w/ internal MySQL
  instance), use the mysql_upgrade with suitable parameters to connect
  to the database (as to what those are, you're the one running it, not
  me).

> Perhaps a note for kde users telling them where their databases are
> located so they /can/ back them up, etc.)
I've got no idea where they are located, I just focus on MySQL itself.
I wasn't even aware of Akonadi's usage until a couple of weeks ago.

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