Rename links-mysql8 driver to links-mysql?

[jamescheney]

I thought we decided at the meeting last week to, in effect, discard the current links-mysql driver and rename links-mysql8 to links-mysql (while still using ocaml-mysql8 under the hood), but just-merged #1178 just removes links-mysql without renaming the links-mysql8 driver.

I think we should do this rename, thus ensuring that the links-mysql package continues to be the right thing to use to connect to MySQL independent of what links version one is using.

[jamescheney]

@frank-emrich ahs there been any further discussion of this? I think if we do this it should be done before the next release so that we don't wind up with the extra OPAM package.

[frank-emrich]

Yes, I'm planning to implement what we discussed regarding this for the upcoming release: Making the `links-mysql` package rely on the `mysql8` package instead of `mysql`. This way, running opam upgrade should seamlessly upgrade existing installations.

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