cool, Kurt von Finck, I will do it. I couldn't find a good enough translation in English of the “遣将不如激将” phrase, but I like your message. I will dig around the source code base in Launchpad, and get this damn thing started. I bet those config files are old relic from 10 years ago, or even more. 可八方， 好，“遣将不如激将”，我会按你的建议去做！ On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Kurt von Finck wrote:

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Haidong Ji wrote:

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Hi,

I alluded to this in IRC maybe a couple of weeks back. That is, it is really to have intelligent default for MariaDB servers.

In particular, the bundled sample my.cnf files, under /usr/local/mysql/support-files, such as my-small.cnf, my-medium.cnf, my-large.cnf, and my-huge.cnf, are laughable in today's world. In the my-huge.cnf, it talks about memory between 1G and 2G as huge. It will be good that MariaDB can bundle a different set, like what has been mentioned here:

http://datastrangler.com/windpipe/2011/02/24/custom-mysql-config-files-to-en...

I think the sample cnf files in the above blog post is a good starting point.

Thanks, Haidong "Alex" Ji

PS: I modified http://kb.askmonty.org/v/installing-mariadb-binary-tarballs with the addition of modifying $PATH so a casual user will be able to use various MariaDB clients after the install.

Not to sound snarky, but MariaDB is an open project. I would encourage you to create sample my.cnf files, and submit them with bzr for review and approval by a maria-captain.

The real beauty of an open project is the ability to DIY for the improvements and changes you think are important. Just Do It. :)

-- ./k

Kurt von Finck Chief Community And Communications Officer Monty Program http://montyprogram.com