An issue has been created for Drupal 8 already, but this is for Drupal 7 particularly.
Problem/Motivation
MySQL 8 has been release and includes performance enhancements. It would be nice to integrate those enhancements with Drupal 7.
Proposed resolution
Test a variety of Drupal 7 distributions running with MySQL 8 and fix bugs as they appear.
Remaining tasks
- Add support
User interface changes
- Note during the site install that MySQL 8 is supported.
API changes
N/A
Data model changes
N/A
I have created a workaround patch that serves as a temporary workaround.