Gary Kline wrote:
kwik one:in his build-server stuff [6.2], jon horne said to use mysql50-server. i see the latest is mysql60.... should i go ahead and use the latest mysql database? or just do as the instruction say? tia... y'all.
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 thevehicle 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
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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