John Paul Ashenfelter wrote: > On 8/30/05, Damien McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Several of these features are only coming available now in the v5.0 >> *beta* releases. It is good to see them finally add the features, >> though. > > Yep. And it's good to understand how MySQL handles the difference between > alpha, beta, and gamma (production) releases. > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/release-philosophy.html > > In brief, the release moves from alpha to beta when there is a > feature-freeze.
That is only correct for certain values of 'feature-freeze'. As you can see on http://dev.mysql.com/ MySQL 5.0.11 is labeled "Beta". Yet if you follow source changes you might have noticed one week ago a pretty big feature, SQL:2003 conforming natural joins, to 5.0.12. The predictable side-effect is that pretty much everybody who is using joins with NATURAL or USING has to change his query syntax. Had I not been waiting for that patch I would have been pretty upset it was applied during beta instead of alpha. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:216772 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
