MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry

After a couple of years of relative calm, the relationship between MariaDB and its open source foundation was ruffled in February, leaving observers with a few unanswered questions.

Concern centered on Galera, a database clustering technology that the MariaDB plc company bought with Codership Oy in May last year.

In February, it appeared that the technology had been removed from future MariaDB Server versions, the open source version of MariaDB run by the MariaDB Foundation.

Federico Razzoli, director and founder of MariaDB consultancy Vettabase, posted online that the MariaDB community has reacted to the decision because Galera is important for building highly available architectures.

"Galera dependencies are being removed even from the binaries, without a commit message or a task description. From the GitHub discussions, those who should know what is happening appear to be in the dark," he complained.

Since then, there has been a U-turn from MariaDB. It ...