Charming, Noel. Are you Devops? :-D On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 3:09 AM, Noel Butler <noel.but...@ausics.net> wrote:
> ** > For those interested 5.5.25a has been released overnight, long after > oracle claimed it was there. > frankly., I think they ought to have use 5.5.26. > > To those who replied to me directly, a few facts... > > 1/ it never affected me directly - my gripe with them was on principle and > their actions (or lack thereof) towards those that were affected > > 2/ to the wanker who said people deserve what they get for untesting on > DEV bed first ... this is true _IF_ it was a major release. > (as I hope we all do) _BUT_ you don't expect to get fucked over by > a point release, to have that happen, shows incompetence on the part of > the software developer, not the users. > > > > On Sat, 2012-06-30 at 14:15 +1000, Noel Butler 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 > > > >
