mysql5: Add XtraDB Storage Engine

[rcj@…]

I would like to see the XtraDB Storage Engine added as a variant to the mysql5 port.

This Storage Engine is developed at Percona Labs and is currently at Version 1.0.6-9. It provides an enhanced version of the InnoDB plugin with patches that are not part of the standard InnoDB Plugin provided with MySQL 5.1.

I believe that this plugin would be installed as a variant as it would need to be compiled at the time MySQL is compiled.

The in the case of version 1.0.6-9, the portfile would need to download percona-xtradb-1.0.6-9.tar.gz from  https://launchpad.net/percona-xtradb and build it from "sources" the same way one would build the InnoDB plugin from sources (see  http://www.percona.com/docs/wiki/percona-xtradb:info:faq)

Thanks,

Caio

[jmr@…]

Please remember to cc the maintainer.

[ryandesign@…]

Ok, I should be able to add this. I can borrow code from the old innodb_plugin variant we used to have.

[rcj@…]

Just curious if there was any progress. I thought about taking a crack at the portfile myself but don't want to overlap any work already done. Also I've notice that version 10 has been posted to the percona download site, but hasn't yet been announced:  http://www.percona.com/percona-builds/Percona-XtraDB/Percona-XtraDB-5.1.45-10/source/

Thanks

[ryandesign@…]

I have not looked into this yet. If you can supply a portfile patch implementing this, that would help. The innodb_plugin variant we used to have might be instructive.