If you know MariaDB, what's your opinion about migrate applications to use MariaDB instead of MySQL?What we gain and what we lost with this change?Is it really unnecessary to change the application in any situation?Any tip to assure the application run smoothly on MariaDB?
Is it time to use MariaDB instead of MySQL on application development? Why?
mysql;database development;migration;mariadb
MySQL still has the advantage of being bigger than the forks and clones. Bigger in the sense of number of users and expertise that is available. It has taken a long time for MySQL to become a 'safe' choice to use for companies. That reputation wont be lost overnight, nor will it be gained by MariaDB soon either. In a commercial environment it matters and it will be hard to introduce MariaDB in a lot of places.You mention migrating in your question. Migrating is hard, particularly for lower level 'stuff' and especially data storage. I wouldn't recommend it unless there was a specific benefit from doing it.