From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 16 13:04:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB4EE16A4C6 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:04:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ldrada@gmail.com) Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79CFA43D67 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:04:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ldrada@gmail.com) Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id l37so244419nfc for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:04:06 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=I9jM1K8Ps0rgxOfQiB3VikKBcMmw94FnquibArI0CokmULbiOwsCF5xKHGxXMxA+4/d8sYDLNqIiH/Nnpnroa0uYnrQptsFrz3O/TljZi53SBaSjvob/kBB7t91PXMGN6DbqdR7ObCNB8I+bRdW+r15a5CAlV9/+4kehmjbfF7k= Received: by 10.48.248.20 with SMTP id v20mr808606nfh; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:04:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.48.108.10 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:04:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5ceb5d550603160504rb79048bq215938f9d9a3ed55@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:04:06 +0100 From: "Daniel A." To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" In-Reply-To: <20060316101845.GA3776@eucla.lemis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060316101845.GA3776@eucla.lemis.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Do you use MySQL? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:04:17 -0000 On 3/16/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > If you use MySQL on FreeBSD, you have many choices, probably too many: > which version of FreeBSD? Which version of MySQL? Which threading > libraries? Where do you get the MySQL software from? How do you > install it? In all likelihood you'd be happier with less choice: just > the right one. The "right choice" really depends on your needs. If you just need a MySQL server installation, you can do it all without hassle. Install whatever FreeBSD version you prefer, and then install whatever MySQL version you want from the ports tree. It's not complicated. It's a no-brainer. > > At MySQL, we're talking about how to simplify this mess^Wsituation. > Obviously with my MySQL hat on, I'd recommend release 5.0; with my > FreeBSD hat on, I'd recommend 6.1-RELEASE when it comes out next week. > But that doesn't mean that you have to agree with me, and there are a > number of other questions anyway. I'd like some feedback from users > on the following questions: > > - Which version of FreeBSD are you running? Latest RELEASE (6.0) > > - Which version of MySQL are you running? 5.0.18 - The latest stable release in the ports tree > > - If you're not running MySQL 5.0, why not? Does not apply > > - Where do you get your MySQL software from? >From the ports collection > > * From the MySQL web site? > * From a FreeBSD CD/DVD distribution? > * Package (precompiled) from the FreeBSD web site (either directly > or via a mirror)? > * From the ports collection? > > - Which threading library are you using? Why? Default. Because it's default. > > - Have you had to change the default installation (different compile > flags, different installation directories, etc.)? > > - Do you have any problems that you think are related to the choice of > the version you're using? > > Normally I send messages to this forum with the following request: > > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original > recipients. > > In this case, I'm expecting many answers. Clearly, individual answers > are not as interesting as the statistics. Feel free to answer > directly to me, or to copy the list, as you prefer. I'll summarize > after a while. > > This message is *not* soliciting information about general problems > you might have with MySQL. I'll certainly listen if you have this > kind of problem, but please make it a separate message to this list. > > Greg > -- > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > Greg Lehey, Senior Software Engineer > MySQL AB, http://www.mysql.com/ > Echunga, South Australia > Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 > > Are you MySQL certified? http://www.mysql.com/certification/ > > >