Fixed #36812 -- Dropped support for MariaDB < 10.11.

Author: Skyiesac

django/db/backends/mysql/features.py

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class DatabaseFeatures(BaseDatabaseFeatures):
     @cached_property
     def minimum_database_version(self):
         if self.connection.mysql_is_mariadb:
-            return (10, 6)
+            return (10, 11)
         else:
             return (8, 4)
 
@@ -207,8 +207,6 @@ def can_introspect_json_field(self):
     def supports_index_column_ordering(self):
         if self._mysql_storage_engine != "InnoDB":
             return False
-        if self.connection.mysql_is_mariadb:
-            return self.connection.mysql_version >= (10, 8)
         return True
 
     @cached_property
@@ -220,8 +218,7 @@ def supports_expression_indexes(self):
 
     @cached_property
     def has_native_uuid_field(self):
-        is_mariadb = self.connection.mysql_is_mariadb
-        return is_mariadb and self.connection.mysql_version >= (10, 7)
+        return self.connection.mysql_is_mariadb
 
     @cached_property
     def allows_group_by_selected_pks(self):

docs/ref/databases.txt

@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ non-durable <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/non-durability.html>`_.
 MariaDB notes
 =============
 
-Django supports MariaDB 10.6 and higher.
+Django supports MariaDB 10.11 and higher.
 
 To use MariaDB, use the MySQL backend, which is shared between the two. See the
 :ref:`MySQL notes <mysql-notes>` for more details.

docs/ref/models/fields.txt

@@ -1649,8 +1649,8 @@ Like all :class:`CharField` subclasses, :class:`URLField` takes the optional
 .. class:: UUIDField(**options)
 
 A field for storing universally unique identifiers. Uses Python's
-:class:`~python:uuid.UUID` class. When used on PostgreSQL and MariaDB 10.7+,
-this stores in a ``uuid`` datatype, otherwise in a ``char(32)``.
+:class:`~python:uuid.UUID` class. When used on PostgreSQL and MariaDB, this
+stores in a ``uuid`` datatype, otherwise in a ``char(32)``.
 
 Universally unique identifiers are a good alternative to :class:`AutoField` for
 :attr:`~Field.primary_key`. The database will not generate the UUID for you, so
@@ -1667,13 +1667,13 @@ it is recommended to use :attr:`~Field.default`::
 Note that a callable (with the parentheses omitted) is passed to ``default``,
 not an instance of ``UUID``.
 
-.. admonition:: Lookups on PostgreSQL and MariaDB 10.7+
+.. admonition:: Lookups on PostgreSQL and MariaDB
 
     Using :lookup:`iexact`, :lookup:`contains`, :lookup:`icontains`,
     :lookup:`startswith`, :lookup:`istartswith`, :lookup:`endswith`, or
     :lookup:`iendswith` lookups on PostgreSQL don't work for values without
-    hyphens, because PostgreSQL and MariaDB 10.7+ store them in a hyphenated
-    uuid datatype type.
+    hyphens, because PostgreSQL and MariaDB store them in a hyphenated uuid
+    datatype type.
 
 .. _relationship-fields:
 

docs/ref/models/indexes.txt

@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@ field's name.
 For example ``Index(fields=['headline', '-pub_date'])`` would create SQL with
 ``(headline, pub_date DESC)``.
 
-.. admonition:: MariaDB
-
-    Index ordering isn't supported on MariaDB < 10.8. In that case, a
-    descending index is created as a normal index.
-
 ``name``
 --------
 

docs/ref/models/querysets.txt

@@ -1988,10 +1988,9 @@ them:
     <QuerySet [<Person: ...>, ...]>
 
 The ``postgresql``, ``oracle``, and ``mysql`` database backends support
-``select_for_update()``. However, MariaDB only supports the ``nowait``
-argument, MariaDB 10.6+ also supports the ``skip_locked`` argument, and MySQL
-supports the ``nowait``, ``skip_locked``, and ``of`` arguments. The ``no_key``
-argument is only supported on PostgreSQL.
+``select_for_update()``. However, MariaDB only supports the ``nowait`` and
+``skip_locked`` arguments, and MySQL supports the ``nowait``, ``skip_locked``,
+and ``of`` arguments. The ``no_key`` argument is only supported on PostgreSQL.
 
 Passing ``nowait=True``, ``skip_locked=True``, ``no_key=True``, or ``of`` to
 ``select_for_update()`` using database backends that do not support these

docs/releases/6.1.txt

@@ -403,6 +403,12 @@ Dropped support for MySQL < 8.4
 Upstream support for MySQL 8.0 ends in April 2026, and MySQL 8.1-8.3 are
 short-term innovation releases. Django 6.1 supports MySQL 8.4 and higher.
 
+Dropped support for MariaDB < 10.11
+-----------------------------------
+
+Upstream support for MariaDB 10.6 ends in July 2026, and MariaDB 10.7-10.10 are
+short-term maintenance releases. Django 6.1 supports MariaDB 10.11 and higher.
+
 Miscellaneous
 -------------
 

tests/backends/mysql/tests.py

@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ class Tests(TestCase):
     @mock.patch.object(connection, "get_database_version")
     def test_check_database_version_supported(self, mocked_get_database_version):
         if connection.mysql_is_mariadb:
-            mocked_get_database_version.return_value = (10, 5)
-            msg = "MariaDB 10.6 or later is required (found 10.5)."
+            mocked_get_database_version.return_value = (10, 10)
+            msg = "MariaDB 10.11 or later is required (found 10.10)."
         else:
             mocked_get_database_version.return_value = (8, 0, 31)
             msg = "MySQL 8.4 or later is required (found 8.0.31)."