complie error with Mariadb 10.2 and up

With Mariadb 10.2 and up mysql-python will not compile. It fails with:

x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fno-strict-aliasing -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/python2.7-tG19c8/python2.7-2.7.15=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC -Dversion_info=(1,2,5,'final',1) -D__version__=1.2.5 -I/usr/include/mariadb -I/usr/include/mariadb/mysql -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/_mysql.o
    In file included from _mysql.c:44:
    /usr/include/mariadb/my_config.h:3:2: warning: #warning This file should not be included by clients, include only <mysql.h> [-Wcpp]
     #warning This file should not be included by clients, include only <mysql.h>
      ^~~~~~~
    In file included from _mysql.c:46:
    /usr/include/mariadb/mysql.h:440:3: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
       MYSQL_CLIENT_PLUGIN_HEADER
       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    _mysql.c: In function '_mysql_ConnectionObject_ping':
    _mysql.c:2005:41: error: 'MYSQL' {aka 'struct st_mysql'} has no member named 'reconnect'
      if ( reconnect != -1 ) self->connection.reconnect = reconnect;
                                             ^
    error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

Please see:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=919395#36 https://github.com/OpenSIPS/opensips/issues/1589

farcepest / MySQLdb1

complie error with Mariadb 10.2 and up #146