# \[Vote ended on 2026-07-20\] Include ansible.mariadb collection in the Ansible community package

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2026-07-20-include-ansible-mariadb-collection-in-the-ansible-community-package/46041>\
**Category:** Project Discussions\
**Tags:** resolved, community-wg\
**Created:** [July 13, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2026-07-20-include-ansible-mariadb-collection-in-the-ansible-community-package/46041 "2026-07-13T06:37:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Andersson007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/andersson007/32/89_2.png) [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2026-07-20-include-ansible-mariadb-collection-in-the-ansible-community-package/46041/1 "2026-07-13T06:37:19Z")

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The context:

- It was decided to clone ansible.mariadb from ansible.mysql [[RESOLVED] Should ansible.mysql be split into separate MySQL and MariaDB collections?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/resolved-should-ansible-mysql-be-split-into-separate-mysql-and-mariadb-collections/45866) and continue mariadb related development in ansible.mariadb
- ansible.mariadb 6.0.0 has been released and published on Galaxy [Ansible Galaxy](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/ansible/mariadb/)
- ansible.mysql is **included** in the package. No changes were made to its clone (ansible.mariadb) that could violate the inclusion requirements; no changes to code were made except of removal of 3 modules that don’t support MariaDB. Only name change related changes were made [Pull requests · ansible-collections/ansible.mariadb · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.mariadb/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed)
- ansible.mysql hasn’t been affected at all, it still supports both MySQL and MariaDB. All incompatible changes will be made properly via major releases in future.
- maintainers will be the same as for ansible.mysql + eRadical

As it’s basically a clone and a continuation of ansible.mysql which is already included, thus, I think this collection doesn’t have to go through the standard inclusion process and can be included directly.

The inclusion PR [Add the ansible.mariadb collection to Ansible 14 and 15 by Andersson007 · Pull Request #705 · ansible-community/ansible-build-data · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/pull/705)

Starting a vote here to include it bypassing the standard inclusion review process.

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**Author:** ![Andersson007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/andersson007/32/89_2.png) [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2026-07-20-include-ansible-mariadb-collection-in-the-ansible-community-package/46041/2 "2026-07-13T06:44:21Z")

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The poll ends on July, 20th  
[@SteeringCommittee](https://forum.ansible.com/groups/steeringcommittee) please vote

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**Author:** ![Andersson007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/andersson007/32/89_2.png) [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2026-07-20-include-ansible-mariadb-collection-in-the-ansible-community-package/46041/3 "2026-07-20T06:10:19Z")

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Hello everyone, we’ve reached the quorum to bypass the process and include the collection, thanks everyone for voting!