Re: Any chance of MySQL 5.7.43?

> On Oct 17, 2023, at 3:40 PM, DutchDaemon - FreeBSD Forums Administrator <DutchDaemon@freebsd.org> wrote:
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> On 17/10/2023 15:35, Ronald Klop wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> You could mail the maintainer of the port and ask for an upgrade.
>> See https://www.freshports.org/databases/mysql57-server
>> 
>> Or file a PR on https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?component=Individual%20Port%28s%29&list_id=647720&product=Ports%20%26%20Packages&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&short_desc=databases%2Fmysql57-server&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr
>> 
>> It always helps if you could add a diff to the port to the PR. But I don't know your skills. Otherwise let's hope the maintainer has some time.
>> 
>> Regards en de groetjes,
>> Ronald.
>> 
>> Van: DutchDaemon - FreeBSD Forums Administrator <DutchDaemon@FreeBSD.org>
>> Datum: dinsdag, 17 oktober 2023 15:27
>> Aan: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
>> Onderwerp: Any chance of MySQL 5.7.43?
>> dev.mysql.com
>> MySQL :: MySQL 5.7 Release Notes :: Changes in MySQL 5.7.43 (2023-07-18, General Availability)
>> 
>> https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-43.html
>> 
>> Currently, the 5.7.42 in Ports fails to build against OpenSSL 3. Upstream says that 5.7.43 has been linked to OpenSSL 3.
>> I know, EOL, but 8.x is not deployable on many servers in my client base right now, though they're working on it.
>> 
>> 
> 
> Indeed forgot to include maint.
> Also pointing to https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=258413 where MySQL 5.7 was deemed 'EOL'.
> Hopefully this changes that idea.
> 

In the case you are not yet ready for the upgrades I think it will best to lock the packages or maintain a different repo and build your own pkgsets.

Additionally 5.7 was actually on extended support(official support ended in 2019/2020 and they dropped support for FreeBSD during those days) which ends in the end of this month. So we are more than sure that it won't survive next quarterly in the official tree.

Kind regards,
Moin