Hi :) I think Oracle has always gone too far. I suspect the delay with Slackware switching was due to just how embedded MySql is in so many things and they wanted to make sure MariaDb really would work in as many of those places or ways as possible.
Thanks for the feedback! I feel a bit vindicated again :) It is going to affect office systems so i figure it is good for us to be aware of what is going on. Thanks and regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Girvin Herr <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 19:49 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] MariaDB 5.5.33 Now Available FYI: I just checked the latest Slackware Linux development distro and they have switched to Mariadb for the next release. Slackware has a history of dropping software packages when the supplier varies from the Open Source paradigm or refuses to fix security problems. I guess Oracle has gone too far. Girvin Herr On 09/18/2013 08:51 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > > Another stable release from MariaDb. > > > Last time a few of the BoD slapped my wrists for posting 'irrelevant' and > 'off-topic' posts and cited forwarding the last MariaDb announcement as an > example, meanwhile a few people here suggested that it was good to hear > about because so many Gnu&Linux distros are swapping out MySql (Oracle's) and > replacing with MariaDb (which i thought had recently merged with another fork > of MySql or something). > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > ________________________________ > From: MariaDB Announce List <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 19:35 > Subject: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB 5.5.33 Now Available > > > The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability > of MariaDB 5.5.33. > > This release features the addition of TokuDB as an additional storage > engine option. There are also bug and other fixes. See the Release > Notes and Changelog for details. > > > - - Links - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > MariaDB 5.5.33 Stable (GA) > - Release Notes: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-5533-release-notes > - Changelog: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-5533-changelog > - Downloads: https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/5.5.33 > > Overview of MariaDB 5.5: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/what-is-mariadb-55 > > APT and YUM Repository Configuration Generator: > - https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories/ > > > - - User Feedback plugin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > MariaDB includes a User Feedback plugin. This plugin is disabled by > default. If enabled, it submits basic, completely anonymous MariaDB > usage information. This information is used by the developers to track > trends in MariaDB usage to better guide development efforts. > > If you would like to help make MariaDB better, please add "feedback=ON" > to your my.cnf (my.ini on Windows) file! > > See http://mariadb.com/kb/en/user-feedback-plugin for more information. > > > - - Quality - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > The project always strives for quality, but in reality, nothing is > perfect. Please take time to report any issues you encounter at: > > - http://mariadb.org/jira > > > - - Support MariaDB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > If you would like to contribute to MariaDB, please see our > "contributing" and "donations" pages. We also have merchandise > available in a cafepress store. > > - https://mariadb.com/kb/en/contributing > > - https://mariadb.org/en/donate/ > > - http://www.cafepress.com/mariadb > > We hope you enjoy MariaDB! > > -- > MariaDB: An Enhanced Drop-in Replacement for MySQL > Website - http://mariadb.org > Twitter - http://twitter.com/mariadb > Google+ - http://google.com/+mariadb > Facebook - http://fb.com/MariaDB.dbms > Knowledgebase - http://mariadb.com/kb > _______________________________________________ > announce mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.askmonty.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce > To unsubscribe, send an email with "unsubscribe" as the Subject: to > [email protected] -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
