What's the difference between mysql-community-server and mysql-community-server-minimal?

Question

I just downloaded the first GA release of MySQL 5.7, and noticed that the RPM bundle comes with two versions of the MySQL server package:

• mysql-community-server-5.7.9-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
• mysql-community-server-minimal-5.7.9-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

What's the difference between the normal and the "minimal" server packages?

I could not find this information on the MySQL website.

Answer 1

It looks like mysql-community-server-5.7.9-1.el7.x86_64.rpm includes the following additional features (list may not included all) that are not available in the mysql-community-server-minimal-5.7.9-1.el7.x86_64.rpm:

• innochecksum

• myisam_ftdump

• myisamlog — Display MyISAM Log File Contents

• myisampack — Generate Compressed, Read-Only MyISAM Tables

• mysql_plugin — Configure MySQL Server Plugins

• mysql_secure_installation — Improve MySQL Installation Security

• mysqld_pre_systemd

• mysqldumpslow — Summarize Slow Query Log Files

• perror — Explain Error Codes

• resolve_stack_dump — Resolve Numeric Stack Trace Dump to Symbols

• resolveip — Resolve Host name to IP Address or Vice Versa

I think debugging option is also limited in the mysql-community-server-minimal-5.7.9-1.el7.x86_64.rpm version.

Answer 2

The minimal package was designed for use by the official docker images for MySQL. It cuts out some of the non-essential pieces of MySQL, but is otherwise the same product.