KEYWORD FutureFeature Description of problem: The mysql-server package is built without support for the FEDERATED engine. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Confirmed on Fedora 11, MySQL 5.1.37 How reproducible: Every time mysql-server is installed. Steps to Reproduce: Install mysql-server Actual results: mysql> show engines; +------------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+ | Engine | Support | Comment | Transactions | XA | Savepoints | +------------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+ | ndbcluster | NO | Clustered, fault-tolerant tables | NULL | NULL | NULL | | MRG_MYISAM | YES | Collection of identical MyISAM tables | NO | NO | NO | | CSV | YES | CSV storage engine | NO | NO | NO | | MyISAM | DEFAULT | Default engine as of MySQL 3.23 with great performance | NO | NO | NO | | InnoDB | YES | Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys | YES | YES | YES | | MEMORY | YES | Hash based, stored in memory, useful for temporary tables | NO | NO | NO | +------------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec) Expected results: Not so much "expected" as "desired"... I would like the packagers to consider building mysql-server with --with-plugins=federated to provide support for the FEDERATED engine. If this is not possible, how about an additional or alternative package that provides this functionality? Additional info: Currently the only way to have a MySQL server with the FEDERATED engine is to build it from source. I would like to be able to install it from a repository with the FEDERATED engine already compiled in. Cheers, Jonathan
The federated storage engine already is built as a plugin. You just need to enable it.