In MariaDB, we have a confusing problem where:
* The transaction_isolation option can be set in a configuration file, but it cannot be set dynamically.
* The tx_isolation system variable can be set dynamically, but it cannot be set in a configuration file.
Therefore, we have two different names for the same thing in different contexts. This is needlessly confusing, and it complicates the documentation. The same thing applys for transaction_read_only.
MySQL 5.7 solved this problem by making them into system variables. https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-20.html
This commit takes a similar approach by adding new system variables and marking the original ones as deprecated. This commit also resolves some legacy problems related to SET STATEMENT and transaction_isolation.
Adjust the configuration options, as discussed on the
maria-developers@ mailing list.
The option to hint a transaction to not be replicated in parallel is
now called @@skip_parallel_replication, consistent with
@@skip_replication.
And the --slave-parallel-mode is now simplified to have just one of
the following values:
none
minimal
conservative
optimistic
aggressive
This reflects successively harder efforts to find opportunities to run
things in parallel on the slave. It allows to extend the server with
more automatic heuristics in the future without having to introduce a
new configuration option for each and every one.
Implement a new mode for parallel replication. In this mode, all transactions
are optimistically attempted applied in parallel. In case of conflicts, the
offending transaction is rolled back and retried later non-parallel.
This is an early-release patch to facilitate testing, more changes to user
interface / options will be expected. The new mode is not enabled by default.
