[Bug 252420] 'caching_sha2_password' support missing in PHP port, limits MySQL 8 compatibility

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--- Comment #39 from Torsten Zuehlsdorff <tz at freebsd.org> ---
> Those two sentences are something of a contradiction. :) Do you mean vs picking some older version of MySQL?  It's not like 8.x is some new beta version, it's 3 years old now.

Nearly. I mean "VS" picking the current default version, which is pulled in
automatically. To get around this you can build your ports at your own or you
do a standalone installation of MySQL 8. The first requires some knowledge. 

> According to Freshports there are only 2 packages that depend on LibreSSL so I'm not sure what is going to break if you build PHP with OpenSSL.  

You are reading it one-sided. There are plenty of people out there, who define
LibreSSL in the make.conf as default SSL implementation. This can't be tracked
by Freshports but is supported by the Ports-Tree.

> This resistance to build PHP so it supports MySQL 8.0 out of the box is just another reason why FreeBSD will continue be a niche product and Linux will continue to dominant. 

This gets political. So I cut it short:
* I do not know any Linux-Distribution which supports all Major PHP versions in
parallel. Without hacking the Repo, using a 3 party repo or compiling them at
your own
* Same for MySQL
* Or MariaDB
* Even PostgreSQL - which is superior to MySQL at so many points... :D

You say I am resistant to build PHP so it supports MySQL 8.0? I stated multiple
times here, that we are working on a patch.

I stated multiple times, that we try not to break anything. You think going
right to MySQL 8.0 and ignoring all the current users will make us a bigger
niche? 

So: how am I supposed to do this?

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