Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hkBdp-0007cS-8g for pgsql-advocacy@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 07 Jul 2019 18:12:01 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hkBdo-00063Y-4U for pgsql-advocacy@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 07 Jul 2019 18:12:00 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hk3AY-0006eD-J7 for pgsql-advocacy@lists.postgresql.org; Sun, 07 Jul 2019 09:09:14 +0000 Received: from smtp.infinitaslearning.com ([52.174.248.151]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hk3AR-0002Kb-0e for pgsql-advocacy@lists.postgresql.org; Sun, 07 Jul 2019 09:09:13 +0000 X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1562490544-12270f1dc3912581e0001-brPsTr Received: from vmil-azex01.infinitas.local ([10.120.32.11]) by smtp.infinitaslearning.com with ESMTP id ZCcfydofQ6A4RG1p (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 07 Jul 2019 11:09:04 +0200 (CEST) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: J.Habets@noordhoff.nl X-ASG-Whitelist: Client Received: from vmil-azex02.infinitas.local (10.120.32.12) by vmil-azex01.infinitas.local (10.120.32.11) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) id 15.1.1713.5; Sun, 7 Jul 2019 11:09:04 +0200 Received: from vmil-azex02.infinitas.local ([fe80::8400:5e2e:4478:b012]) by vmil-azex02.infinitas.local ([fe80::8400:5e2e:4478:b012%5]) with mapi id 15.01.1713.007; Sun, 7 Jul 2019 11:09:04 +0200 From: "Habets, Jeroen" To: "pgsql-advocacy@lists.postgresql.org" Subject: HN discussion: Gitlab becomes Postgresql only (drops MySQL) Thread-Topic: HN discussion: Gitlab becomes Postgresql only (drops MySQL) X-ASG-Orig-Subj: HN discussion: Gitlab becomes Postgresql only (drops MySQL) Thread-Index: AdU0ophIzizQQEiFQd+VI2cSTi5e6w== Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 09:09:04 +0000 Message-ID: <4936bd1e1df740a6ad16284931797e4c@noordhoff.nl> Accept-Language: nl-NL, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [83.85.156.53] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Barracuda-Connect: UNKNOWN[10.120.32.11] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1562490544 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 X-Barracuda-URL: https://smtp1.infinitaslearning.com:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at infinitaslearning.com X-Barracuda-Scan-Msg-Size: 526 X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk Spotted this Hacker News discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3D20342060 of Gitlab's blog post "Why we're ending support for MySQL in 12.1" https://about.gitlab.com/2019/06/27/removing-mysql-support/=20 and what features of Postgesql that MySQL lacks made them decide to drop My= SQL support. In all honesty, that they didn't use MySQL themselves and had low MySQL usa= ge, was probably the most decisive. Still, discussions on relative advantag= es of Postgresql amount to advocacy in my book. Cheers, Jeroen