Oracle charging for MySQL - what it means for Alfresco

[loftux]

If I am not incorrect, there will be no free version of MySQL that supports InnoDb (a requirement for Alfresco)
http://www.mysql.com/products/

How will this affect Alfresco?
Will Postgresql be the main supported database for Community edition?
Will Mysql go enterprise only?

I think one important thing here is to find a migration option mysql -> postgresql.
In version ❤️ one could use Complete repository export/import. Maybe that option should be looked at to re-implement.

[loftux]

Maybe I was to quick to draw conclusions.
Clarifications on Twitter now saying this is only a price change, and that MySQL Community edition still will be available for download, InnoDB included.

But who nows what Oracle is up to next, migration option/path to Postgresql still interesting.

[mrogers]

This question was asked at Alfresco DevCon.

Seems to have been a storm in a tea-cup and a badly written document from Oracle.

[stevericker]

Now that the bundled versions of Alfresco now come with PostgresQL, we are looking to see how we can migrate/convert from MySQL to PostgreSQL in version 3.4 (actually Enterprise 3.4.0 to 3.4.1). 

Is it possible to do a complete export and then import as Loftux mentions, but in 3.4, as a means of getting from MySQL to PostgreSQL?

[mrogers]

You don't need to switch unless you want to,  I suggest you continue to use MySQL if you are happy with it.