Is there any kind of timetable for when 5.1 is actually expected to be
released?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kaj Arnö" <kaj@mysql.com>
To: "MySQL List" <mysql@lists.mysql.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 3:07 AM
Subject: BLOG: MySQL 5.1.22 is out


> MySQL users,
>
> Sorry for spamming mysql@lists.mysql.com, but you may be interested in
> my blog entry that complements our MySQL 5.1.22 announcement.
>
> The Real Thing in HTML is on http://www.planetmysql.org/kaj/?p=131 and
> pasted below for offline reading.
>
>
> MySQL 5.1.22 is out
>
> A good two weeks ago, MySQL 5.1.22 was released. MySQL 5.1 is a new
> release of MySQL Server, with new features like
>
> * partitioning (likely the top feature in 5.1)
> * events (”crontab” triggers in the database)
> * row-based replication
> * table logs
> * some XML functions
>
> and also with major bug fixes, such as the AUTO_INCREMENT table-lock
> contention in InnoDB (fixed now in 5.1.22), as well as early indications
> of performance improvements of up to 20 % - 40 % on dual cores in some
> scenarios.
>
> Jay Pipes has written an overview that compresses all of the pointers to
> 5.1 into one article, MySQL 5.1 Article Recap. I recommend you read it.
> I also recommend the manual section What’s New in MySQL 5.1.
>
> With 5.1.22, MySQL also changed the maturity state to “RC”, Release
> Candidate. Looking at our own Support Policies, Release Candidate (aka
> Gamma) release is defined as follows:
>
> Release Candidate binaries, also known as Gamma releases, are believed
> stable, having passed all of MySQL’s internal testing, and with all
> known fatal runtime bugs fixed. However this release has not been in
> widespread use long enough to know for sure that all bugs have been
> identified.
>
> However, we recognise that this particular RC does not fit the
> definition exactly. We still have some fatal runtime bugs left. We are
> producing an errata list of these, and expect to have the list ready and
> published on by 23 Oct 2007. We know that we should have published this
> list together with the RC itself, and we are now working as fast as we
> can to fix this.
>
> We know we have thus released our RC too early according to our own
> standards, and we are doing our best to fix it. We apologise for any
> inconvenience/miscommunication and are working on improving our internal
> guidelines to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
>
> That said, 5.1.22 is a great release, one that we’re proud of, and very
> likely worthy of your attention!
>
> Kaj
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> Kaj Arnö <kaj@mysql.com>
> MySQL AB, VP Community Relations
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