FFe: make mysql 5.6 default mysql-server

[Scott Moser]

I'm filing a feature freeze exception for Robie Basak who is currently not available.
Robie has done work under blueprint https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-u-databases to get mysql-5.6 into main and replace 5.5 as the default mysql-server.

Robie has mysql-5.6 packages available at https://code.launchpad.net/~racb/+archive/ubuntu/experimental/+packages . They're good, but he had this comment:

 | mysql-5.6: ready for upload, just not done because I wanted to
 | coordinate with an archive admin for removal of mysql-5.5 and subsequent
 | NBS binary packages at the same time. This smooths the upgrade path for
 | users following Utopic because apt seems to prefer to remove
 | mysql-server otherwise, and not push 5.5 to 5.6 (but users could do that
 | manually later).

The note about apt preferring to remove mysql-server was concerning to infinity, so he suggested a slightly later-than-FeatureFreeze upload rather than an uploading of Robie's work as it is.

So, this is a FFe for the work of getting 5.6 into main and dropping 5.5.

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

Approved, as per IRC, assuming discussion and upload happen next week.

[Robie Basak (racb)]

12:25 <infinity> Anyhow, I think I need to unwind this (and maybe tag-team with mvo) when I'm more awake.
12:25 <rbasak> OK
12:25 <rbasak> Do you mind extending your FFe deadline in the bug though, please?
12:25 <infinity> But if I don't get to anything interesting by Monday, let's opt for uploading something that's mostly correct and make sure we sort it before release.
12:26 <infinity> Feel free to copy and paste the above. :P
12:26 <rbasak> OK, thanks.

[Robie Basak (racb)]

mysql-5.6 is waiting in vivid-proposed (for percona-xtradb-cluster-5.6 NEW and bug 1417328).

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Now fixed in Vivid.