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Mediawiki is likely to fail on newer MySQL defaults, how should we solve T193222 ? Should we migrate to binary collations only? If yes, how to migrate existing installations? If not, how to support larger indexes?

Mediawiki is likely to fail on newer MySQL and MariaDB defaults, that use 4-byte utf8 collation by default, how should we solve T193222 ? Should we migrate to binary collations only (defining sizes by number of bytes, not characters)? If yes, how to migrate existing utf8 installations? If not, how to support larger indexes? What changes are needed to better support third party users?

Mediawiki is likely to fail on newer MySQL and MariaDB defaultsts, that use 4-byte utf8 collation by default, how should we solve T193222 ? Should we migrate to binary collations only (defining sizes by number of bytes, Should we migrate to binary collations onlynot characters)? If yes, how to migrate existing utf8 installations? If not, how to support larger indexes? how toWhat changes are needed to better support larger indexesthird party users?