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[Arjen Lentz <arjen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sergei

On 06/08/2009, at 4:48 PM, Sergei Golubchik wrote:
> On Jul 30, Michael Widenius wrote:
> > I think we should compile all the plugin in (but not enable all by
> > default), at least for now, to make MariaDB as easy to use as
> > possible.
>
> On the opposite, I think you should compile them all out.
> But preinstall them, that is add necessary lines to mysql.plugin table
> from mysql_install_db. The user experience will be pretty much the  
> same
> as if everything was compiled in, but one would be able to uninstall
> plugins easily, if needed.


We considered this earlier.
It'd work for new installs, but not for existing ones so they'd have  
them all disabled until manually added.

It's fine if that's what you intended, but it's important to realise  
this consequence.

Cheers,
Arjen.
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