The transition to MySQL 5.7 involved many minor fixes to many packages. These fixes need to be sent upstream. This bug is to track the progress of this.
Done (patch sent to Debian):
cacti-spine: libmysqlclient_r fix.
icinga2: libmysqlclient_r fix.
libodb-mysql: libmysqlclient_r fix.
tango: libmysqlclient_r fix.
hhvm: libmysqlclient_r fix.
sysbench: fixes for FTBFS and libmysqlclient_r.
resiprocate: libmysqlclient_r fix.
tarantool-lts: libmysqlclient_r fix.
mysql++: libmysqlclient_r fix.
Not needed:
hhvm: isnan/isinf fix (already fixed in Debian).
kodi: isnan fix (already fixed in Debian).
Pending:
mysql-5.7: ports patch test fix (rbasak can commit to Debian VCS)
net-snmp: load_defaults fix.
netmrg: libmysqlclient15-dev fix.
dbconfig-common: libdbd-mysql-perl test dependency.
ruby-mysql2: adjustments for 5.7 (bug 1566798).
ruby-mysql: adjustments for 5.7.
ruby-dataobjects-mysql: 5.7 fix (--insecure).
mysql-connector-c++: bump for 5.7.
mysql-workbench: bump for 5.7.
libdbi-drivers: patch (quilt and debian/test_mysql.sh) for 5.7.
amarok, digikam: dropping 5.6 dependencies (packaging only).
cfengine3: rlist_test fix.
Blocked:
bacula: libmysqlclient_r fix (bug 1570923; waiting on fix).