mysql60-server??

[Gary Kline]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 07:16:41PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:


> There are 4 versions of MySQL currently available.  In reverse order of age:
> 
> mysql60 -- this is early beta quality (read: it may eat your data) and was 
> the
>           vehicle for MySQL to introduce various new table engines in an 
>           attempt to ensure their independence from Oracle.
> 
> However, Sun bought MySQL and Oracle is in the process of buying Sun.  
> Oracle
> also previously bought Innobase (makers of InnoDB) and Sleepycat (writers of
> Berkeley DB) so suddenly all of the current engine types are suddenly back 
> in
> the picture: hence


	Thanks for the heads-up, MAtthew.  I'm much too slow to get
	all the machinations re which corporation is diddling which
	corporation or other entity (like us).  Did not know that
	mysql was actually owned by Sun.  I'd ask if there are any
	free and open databases, but what db stuff I have is invested
	heavily with mysql.  So v 60 is out.  Do you know, off-chance,
	which versions are actively being hacked on?  Nothing mission
	critical--yet--but I think v51 is the best bet for now.

	gary

	PS: to the powers-that-be: shouldn't these datapoints be make
	public front/center somewhere in ports or elsewhere that
	everyone can see? Save bandwidth... .

	This is going in my ~/.Notes file... .
> 
> mysql54 -- an incremental upgrade on mysql51.  Late beta quality, good for
>           experimenters and developers, but not yet something that should
>           be considered for mission critical applications
> 
> Prior to that we have:
> 
> mysql51 -- MySQL's current GA (generally available) release offering. It's 
>           got a number of new features like stored procedures but depending 
>           on
>           your workloads it may or may not be faster than...
> 
> mysql50 -- The previous GA version, and still the most widely deployed 
> version at
>           the moment.  It is still being actively maintained even if it is 
>           pretty
>           much down-played on MySQL's website.  This is a version that has 
>           been
>           in all sorts of production use for years and pretty thoroughly 
>           debugged,
>           hence a very safe choice.
> 
> In summary: choose either of mysql50 or mysql51 according to preference or 
> your particular requirements.
> 
> 	Cheers,
> 
> 	Matthew
> 
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