I was wondering if I could start up a develop setup using mysql/mariadb instead of postresql?
If so could you please point me in the right direction, so I can understand how involved such a task would be.
Nope; I’m pretty sure we rely on a variety of PostgreSQL-specific behaviours.
But I promise Postgres isn’t hard to get running 
… drop by IRC if you’d like a hand.
Yes seems like there a fair amount of postgres specific stuff in there.
I have it running no problem with a local postgres instance. Its just that I also have mysql running for a few other things, so I was wondering if it would have possible to “sing from the same hymn sheet” as it were.