MySQL error with MariaDB 5.5 during WordPress import

[psy-q]

There is a related issue in the mysqlplus gem that makes it impossible to import comments from WordPress with Juvia.

oldmoe/mysqlplus#8

Here's the typical error:

App 21632 stderr: Passenger RackApp: /foo/bar/comments.psy-q.ch/juvia: relocation error:  /foo/bar/help/ruby/2.1.0/gems/mysqlplus-0.1.2/lib/mysql.so: symbol vio_blocking, version libmysqlclient_18 not defined in file libmysqlclient.so.18 with link time reference

Could the import be rewritten to use plain mysql2?