profiles: Mask dev-db/mysql-5.5*

Allow users to plan a migration to newer version or MariaDB Signed-off-by: Brian Evans <[email protected]>
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 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Brian Evans <[email protected]> (2019-07-31)
+# MySQL 5.5 will no longer receive updates from Oracle
+# It may or may not have unaccounced security vulnerabilities
+# Please upgrade to 5.6 or use dev-db/mariadb
+# Removal in 30 days
+=dev-db/mysql-5.5*
+
 # Miroslav Šulc <[email protected]> (2019-07-30)
 # Depends on >=virtual/{jdk,jre}-11 which is masked
 =www-servers/tomcat-9.0.22