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-# mariadb-connector-c
-
-The mariadb-connector-c package
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+This module has never made it to production, let's retire it properly.
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----
-document: modulemd
-version: 1
-data:
-    summary: The MariaDB Native Client library (C driver)
-    description: The MariaDB Native Client library (C driver) is used to
-                 connect applications developed in C/C++ to MariaDB and MySQL
-                 databases.
-    license:
-        module: [MIT]
-    dependencies:
-        buildrequires:
-            platform: master
-            cmake: master
-        requires:
-            platform: master
-    references:
-        community: https://docs.pagure.org/modularity/
-    profiles:
-        default:
-            rpms:
-                - mariadb-connector-c
-        devel:
-            rpms:
-                - mariadb-connector-c-devel
-    api:
-        rpms:
-            - mariadb-connector-c
-            - mariadb-connector-c-devel
-    components:
-        rpms:
-            # mariadb-connector-c-3.0.2-21.fc28
-            mariadb-connector-c:
-                rationale: MariaDB Native Client package.
-                ref: df07f0bca85556fd40c356d8632f7578d1cdc189