Add support for specifying a .cnf file

[Sophist-UK]

Using a my.cnf file can get complicated if you are running multiple copies of mysql, so I have added support in the mysql.server.sh file to allow you to add the details of your .cnf file.

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[Sophist-UK]

Well I would sign the Individual OCA if, having created a user account, it didn't give me a 502 Bad Gateway error when I try to create the OCA. Before that, it briefly (for about 1s before it redirects away) says that my account profile does not have a job title and company. These fields are mandatory on registering (even though they do NOT apply for an individual who is not working for a company and is signing an Individual OCA) and have been filled in. (One possibility is that this is a typo and it is complaining that they HAVE been filled in, but since they are mandatory, I had no choice.)

[jiyfhust]

Well I would sign the Individual OCA if, having created a user account, it didn't give me a 502 Bad Gateway error when I try to create the OCA. Before that, it briefly (for about 1s before it redirects away) says that my account profile does not have a job title and company. These fields are mandatory on registering (even though they do NOT apply for an individual who is not working for a company and is signing an Individual OCA) and have been filled in. (One possibility is that this is a typo and it is complaining that they HAVE been filled in, but since they are mandatory, I had no choice.)

I meet the same problem, wait for a solution.

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[Sophist-UK]

THERE WAS NO SIGNING OF THE OCA BECAUSE IT WAS BROKEN!!!!!!!!!

ORACLE SUPPORT FOR OPEN SOURCE IS A FARCE!!!!

[mysql-admin]

Hi @Sophist-UK
Sorry to hear you had issues with signing the OCA. I checked and there were some issues reported in December that were fix. Please try again, we recently had people signing the OCA that did not report any issue.

Thanks for contributing to MySQL
==Omer

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[Sophist-UK]

"I confirm the code being submitted is offered under the terms of the OCA, and that I am authorized to contribute it."

[Sophist-UK]

@mysql-admin Having worked in large multinational corporations for about 1/2 my career before retiring, I do understand that there is a degree of bureaucracy that is not needed in smaller projects, and that lawyers often rule-the-roost, but the degree of hoops you put first-time contributors through for even the smallest contribution is IME extreme compared to literally every other open-source project I have ever worked on.

IMO...

1. A written Contribution Agreement that states that any submission is bound by its terms should be sufficient to make it legally binding, but if not a simple checkbox for the user to tick should suffice.
2. But if you insist on having a separate OCA process, then subsequently making a user confirm in a comment that the PR is submitted under the OCA when the OCA already provides blanket coverage is just ridiculous overkill.

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Hi, thank you for your contribution. Your code has been assigned to an internal queue. Please follow
bug http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=113726 for updates.
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