Noel, I am really sorry for those "high profile sites", which in your scenario haven't tested their database in dev/test/stage before upgrading. Bugs happen. Big organizations have slower communication.
Cheers, Mihail On Jun 30, 2012, at 0:16, "Noel Butler" <noel.but...@ausics.net> wrote: > I wonder if you would have the same opinion to say your Operating System > environment, Apache, php, any mainstream server daemon, how about they pull > the current version for a serious bug, but dont tell anyone... > > Oracle have been quick to announce new releases of mysql, but failed to issue > a notice saying " uhoh, you better not use it" instead, putting a small > notice, where, on a fricken manual page FFS. who the hell reads that! and > they say use version "a" which does not even exist, I'd hate to think of how > many high profile sites are at risk of being screwed over by yet MORE oracle > incompetence. > No one would think any less of them if they sent that notice, many would be > appreciative, but to "hide" such a serious issue that was enough for them to > withdraw and remove that version, is outright despicable. > > > > > > On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 22:58 -0400, Govinda wrote: >> >> >> That was nice of oracle to announce this wasn't it ... (/sarcasm) >> >> >> >> I am not aligned with any side.. and I am also not known/qualified/respected >> in this group enough to make much of a statement... but: >> IMHO, In almost all matters, *appreciation* is the only approach that will >> serve... let alone sustain happiness... >> ...and especially when we consider what little we must give to have right to >> use MySQL. >> >> Sure, desire for better communication/usability makes total sense.. but I am >> just also observing/suggesting: please add (positively) to the atmosphere.. >> for everyones' sake. Just us humans under the hood. >> >> -Govinda > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
