Overhaul database package

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+Skia-Buildbot Repository
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+
+This repo contains infrastructure code for Skia.
+
+
+Quick Start
+===========
+
+Tests require a local installation of MySQL. For a Debian based distro:
+$ sudo apt-get install mysql-client mysql-server
+
+Then, to set up local versions of the production databases:
+$ cd go/database
+$ ./setup_test_db
+
+
+Database Setup for Testing
+==========================
+Tests which use the database package's testutils require you to have a MySQL
+instance running with a database named "sk_testing" and users called
+"readwrite" and "test_root" with appropriate permissions for sk_testing.
+The 'setup_test_db' script in 'go/database' is included for convenience in
+setting up this test database and user.