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MySQL community developers are meeting to discuss the database's future amid concerns about Oracle's governance. Recent layoffs in Oracle's MySQL core team and declining code commits have prompted discussions about either pushing Oracle for better transparency or forking the project. Options include creating a hard fork (like MariaDB) or a tracking fork (like Percona Server). The group, including engineers from Percona and PlanetScale, is consulting with cloud vendors and planning additional meetings in Europe. Missing features like vector search are causing pain for cloud customers.

Devs assessing options for MySQL's future beyond Oracle