Hi ! First of all, congratulations to MariaDB 10.2 GA. mysqlclient (python binding : https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mysqlclient/1.3.10 ) cannot be built with MariaDB 10.2.6 like the following : _mysql.c: In function '_mysql_ConnectionObject_ping': _mysql.c:1911:41: error: 'MYSQL' has no member named 'reconnect' if ( reconnect != -1 ) self->connection.reconnect = reconnect; ^ error: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 This is because the change in include/mysql/mysql.h. In MariaDB 10.2.5, it is same as mariadb-10.2.5/include/mysql.h in the source tree. In MariaDB 10.2.6, it is same as mariadb-10.2.6/libmariadb/include/mysql.h in the source tree. Is this change intentional ? Should I contact mysqlclient developer for further fix of this issue ? Thanks in advance ! Kazuhiko