On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Garrett D'Amore - sun microsystems <gd78059 at sac.sfbay.sun.com> wrote: > > This case represents an EOF announcement only... the actual removal would > be handled later by a subsequent case. ?There is time pressure to get this > approved so the announce can make 2010.03 deadline, so a timely review by > another Member would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > ? ? ? ?- Garrett > > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.69 02/15/10 SMI > This information is Copyright 2010 Sun Microsystems > 1. Introduction > ? ?1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > ? ? ? ? EOL of the MySQL 5.0 from OpenSolaris > ? ?1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > ? ? ? ? Author: ?Sunanda Menon > ? ?1.3 ?Date of This Document: > ? ? ? ?11 March, 2010 > 4. Technical Description > > 1. Introduction > > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > > ? EOL of the MySQL 5.0 from OpenSolaris > > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > > ? Author: Sunanda Menon > > 1.3 Date of this Document: > > ? 3rd March, 2010 > > 1.4 Description > > ? This case announces the obsoletion of MySQL 5.0 in OpenSolaris. > > ? 5.1 is integrated with OpenSolaris for a little more than a year > ? now and products like php5,lighttpd14 have been migrated to 5.1. > > ? MySQL has ended active development and support for MySQL Database > ? Server version 5.0. ?However, there is still extended support > ? available for paid customers with MySQL subscription only. For > ? details,see > ? ? ? ?http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/lifecycle/#calendar > > ? According to the MySQL Lifecycle Policy > ? ? ? ?http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/lifecycle/#policy > ? only Security and Severity Level 1 issues will still be fixed for > ? MySQL 5.0. ?For the above reasons, it now makes sense to announce > ? the EOL of MySQL 5.0 in Opensolaris. > > ? Since MySQL 5.1 has been a part of OpenSolaris for more than a > ? year, users should move to 5.1 version. The plan is to announce the > ? removal of MySQL 5.0 in OSOL.2010.03 (this case) and later remove > ? it (to be covered in a future case). > > 1.5 Previous Relevant ARC cases > > ? LSARC/2007/608 - Include MySQL5.0 with OpenSolaris > ? LSARC 2008/150 - Including MySQL 5.0 64bit and connectors with OpenSolaris > ? LSARC 2009/062 - Including MySQL 5.1 with OpenSolaris > > 2. Technical Description > > ? MySQL 5.0 is a popular opensource database bundled with OpenSolaris. > ? For a long time, various users/products were using MySQL 5.0 as their > ? preferred database. > > ? With the inclusion of MySQL 5.1, it's expected that users now move > ? to 5.1. ?Upgrade procedure to 5.1 has already been covered at the > ? time of Including MySQL 5.1 in OpenSolaris (refer to > ? LSARC/2009/062, section 5.1). > > ? Since MySQL has announced the EOL of 5.0, a warning message for the EOL > ? of 5.0 is being targetted for OSOL.2010.03.
What's the timeline for the actual removal? +1, regardless.
