# Shall community.mysql drop mysqlclient support?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/shall-community-mysql-drop-mysqlclient-support/6509>\
**Category:** Project Discussions\
**Tags:** mysql, mariadb\
**Created:** [June 14, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shall-community-mysql-drop-mysqlclient-support/6509 "2024-06-14T11:58:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![markuman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@markuman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/markuman)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shall-community-mysql-drop-mysqlclient-support/6509/1 "2024-06-14T11:58:54Z")

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Currently there is a poll in community.mysql about dropping `mysqlclient` in the future, so that only `PyMySQL` will be supported.

If someone wants to participate: [deprecate mysqlclient and support only PyMySQL · ansible-collections/community.mysql · Discussion #645 · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/discussions/645)