Discussion of MySQL 5.7 Support
As suggest by Benny from cPanel and that she has now locked the thread for any future comments, I am starting this thread for any future discussion of how / why cPanel has not added MySQL 5.7 support.
Add support for MySQL 5.7
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Please add MySQL 5.7 support.
Why? I was used MySQL 5.6 now moved to MariaDB 10.2 it is better improvements and others more, MariaDB 10.2Improved connection performance.
Visit this MySQL 5.7 - New Feature0 -
Why?
MariaDB is a drop in replacement for MySQL, MariaDB are not MySQL ... ;)0 -
MariaDB is a drop in replacement for MySQL, MariaDB are not MySQL ... ;)
You're right, But it's my favorite old MySQL then now both best of MariaDB and MySQL as well, I just found from official MySQL and MariaDB which they are not the same DB. [QUOTE="Is MariaDB compatible with MySQL? - Nov 17, 2011"> Although MariaDB is supposed to be compatible with MySQL, for one reason or the other there are quite a few compatibility issues and different features: MariaDBincludes all popular open source engines, no InnoDB though, XtraDB acts as a drop-in replacement, MariaDB claims several speed improvements over MySQL.
Read more: What's the difference between MariaDB and MySQL?0 -
I don't understand why it seems STILL not supported ?? cPanel made so many other and even incompatible changes that made us furious. This change could be done without interfering with anything, but it's still not done? 0 -
I have a client who has built a website that relies on JSON field types in MySQL 5.7. I'm surprised that there have been 18 releases, marked as General Availability, and no support by CPanel. Even version 8 is due out soon? What do I do? 0 -
An example of one of the points of discussion: will we continue to support both MySQL and MariaDB long term and absorb the development time and cost related to that
I would sure hope cPanel doesn't abandon MariaDB. I guess I need to look and see exactly what MySQL provides that MariaDB doesn't provide. I switched all servers I manage to MariaDB over the past couple of years and have never looked back. The performance of MariaDB (at least at the time of the switch) was magnitudes better than the available versions of MySQL. Unless MySQL (a) provides serious features that MariaDB has no intent/ability to support _and_ (b) is at least as fast as the latest mainstream MariaDB, then I'd never have any desire to switch back. My customers love the performance that they now have with MariaDB but didn't have with MySQL. Granted, none of them have likely used MySQL 5.7 on a shared hosting server, and I haven't either. I hope the discussion you all have internally is a very serious one, as I'm sure that a large portion of your customers are using MariaDB right now. Mike0 -
I'm appalled there has been no movement on this thread in almost 3 months. The date support ends for mysql 5.6 is a mere 2 months away. I understand you don't want to pin yourselves (cpanel) into a corner, but it has gotten to the point that even more important than what your decision is; is that you make a decision in a timely manner. We, unfortunately, will be migrating off of cpanel servers if mysql 5.7 isn't supported very soon. I understand (some of) the reasoning behind cpanel pushing forward with MariaDB instead of mysql. But as I customer I'm VERY disappointed that cpanel failed to see that while they might be saving some dev headaches they are pushing those headaches onto their CUSTOMERS tenfold. Even if MariaDB works with 99.9% of all applications we have to support, there is still an insane amount of overhead involved in communicating that to customers as well as migrating and testing numerous databases and customer applications. That COSTS US MONEY, even if it goes smoothly; which there is no guarantee it will. It's very disappointing that Cpanel has failed to see that. And have now exacerbated the problem by mulling this over for over a year now with no end in sight. 0 -
That's great news Benny! If nothing else, there's just a lot of name recognition with mysql . So even if MariaDB outpaces mysql development in the future, there is value in having support for both in cpanel for all of us. We look forward to continuing to work with you, and to the future updates. 0 -
Hi all! I'm so sorry for my lack of update here. We have definitely heard all of your concerns, and we are now planning to support MySQL 5.7. It looks like MySQL 5.7 support will be added as of Version 70. I don't want to promise yet, but it seems very, very likely. We're planning the first EDGE release of Version 70 as early as next week, and we should know for sure by then. We'll update both here and the feature request when we know for sure! Additionally: we plan to support both MariaDB and MySQL going forward.
1| So, I've installed on MariaDB latest version, If a possible change to MySQL 5.7 right? 2| Which is better performance MariaDB latest version or MySQL 5.7?0 -
| So, I've installed on MariaDB latest version, If a possible change to MySQL 5.7 right?
Currently, if you've changed the database engine to MariaDB, you cannot change back to MySQL. This tentatively looks to remain true for MySQL 5.7. We'll include this in the documentation and release notes once support for MySQL 5.7 is added to the product.| Which is better performance MariaDB latest version or MySQL 5.7?
This is subjective, but the following MariaDB URL offers some information on this topic: MariaDB 10.1 and MySQL 5.7 performance on commodity hardware - MariaDB.org Thank you.0 -
Currently, if you've changed the database engine to MariaDB, you cannot change back to MySQL. This tentatively looks to remain true for MySQL 5.7. We'll include this in the documentation and release notes once support for MySQL 5.7 is added to the product. This is subjective, but the following MariaDB URL offers some information on this topic: MariaDB 10.1 and MySQL 5.7 performance on commodity hardware - MariaDB.org Thank you.
Thanks for the info! :)0
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