Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:16:41 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mysql60-server?? Message-ID: <4B0D8299.6080201@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20091125185704.GA58709@thought.org> References: <20091125185704.GA58709@thought.org>
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Gary Kline wrote:
> kwik one:
>=20
> in his build-server stuff [6.2], jon horne said to use
> mysql50-server. i see the latest is mysql60....
>=20
> should i go ahead and use the latest mysql database? or just do as the
>=20
> instruction say?
>=20
> tia... y'all.
There are 4 versions of MySQL currently available. In reverse order of a=
ge:
mysql60 -- this is early beta quality (read: it may eat your data) and wa=
s the
vehicle for MySQL to introduce various new table engines in an=
attempt=20
to ensure their independence from Oracle.
However, Sun bought MySQL and Oracle is in the process of buying Sun. Or=
acle
also previously bought Innobase (makers of InnoDB) and Sleepycat (writers=
of
Berkeley DB) so suddenly all of the current engine types are suddenly bac=
k in
the picture: hence
mysql54 -- an incremental upgrade on mysql51. Late beta quality, good fo=
r
experimenters and developers, but not yet something that shoul=
d
be considered for mission critical applications
Prior to that we have:
mysql51 -- MySQL's current GA (generally available) release offering. It'=
s=20
got a number of new features like stored procedures but depend=
ing on
your workloads it may or may not be faster than...
mysql50 -- The previous GA version, and still the most widely deployed ve=
rsion 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 h=
as 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 o=
r your particular requirements.
Cheers,
Matthew
--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
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