PR#458: Describes issue #391 - fedora-docs/release-notes

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#458 Describes issue #391

Merged 4 years ago by pbokoc. Opened 4 years ago by quiet.

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Jaroslav Klech • 4 years ago

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Describes issue #391

Jaroslav Klech • 4 years ago

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		In Fedora 32, the `breezy` package for a version control system obsoletes the `bzr` and `git-remote-bzr` packages related to the Bazaar version control system. As a result, users who install `bzr` will receive `breezy` instead. The `bzr` command (Bazaar) will be provided as a symbolic link to the `brz` command (Breezy).

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		`+ == MariaDB 10.4`
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		+ Fedora 32 provides the `mariadb` package 10.4, up from version 10.3 in Fedora 31.
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		`+ Notable changes include:`
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		+ * The `root` and `mysql` users can log in without a password using the `unix_socket` authentication plugin.
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		`+ * Possibility to use more than one authentication plugins for each user account.`
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		`+ * Support for user password expiry.`
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		`+ * Implementation of the optimizer trace.`
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		`+ * Performance increase in Unicode collations.`
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		`+ * Various changes in syntax, variables and the InnoDB storage engine.`
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		`+ For full information about this release, see the link:https://mariadb.com/kb/en/changes-improvements-in-mariadb-104/[official MariaDB release notes].`
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quiet commented 4 years ago

Describes issue #391

quiet commented 4 years ago

Hi @mschorm, could you, review the description of mariadb 10.4, please?

Thanks,

mschorm commented 4 years ago

Sure!
Will look at it later today.
Thanks for the ping.

mschorm commented 4 years ago

Hi,
The release notes are IMHO good.

For MariaDB, users are expected to watch the upstream release notes and changelog, if they are interested.
Usually there is no reason for staying on old versions in Fedora.

What I want to stress and point out, is a change of default authentication plugin.
Until now, users were used to log into the DB with passwords via mysql_native_password authentication plugin.
Now, they are logged in by the unix socket ( = not requiring password). Only 2 users can log in by default now - 'root' & 'mysql' - both can physically manipulate the the DB data, so requiring their passwords does not bring any extra protection.
Both DB users can log in via passwords too, but the passwords initialy set are invalid, so they must be changed prior using this authentication type.

Everything should be described here:
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/authentication-from-mariadb-104/

I just want to get this information to the users.

Thank you !

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