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[Sergei Golubchik <sergii@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Arjen!

On Aug 06, Arjen Lentz wrote:
> 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.

That's not too different from other changes in system tables.
mysql_fix_privilege_tables is generally recommended after an upgrade
anyway.

Regards / Mit vielen Grüßen,
Sergei

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