Comments on: MySQL 5.1 is to reach GA state - all to arms ! http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/07/19/mysql-51-is-to-reach-ga-state-all-to-arms/ Everything about MySQL Performance Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:10:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Saverio M. http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/07/19/mysql-51-is-to-reach-ga-state-all-to-arms/#comment-333838 Saverio M. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:32:16 +0000 http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/?p=438#comment-333838 I'm one of the 'gun-shy' persons which considers the current 5.0x MySQL more a beta than a stable product. To be exact, I reported about 3 flaws in the query optimizer, plus I've found another couple of cases, all in less than six months. If I'm going to suggest to my company the update to MySQL 5.1, it would be at least 12 months from the official release. And to be honest, I have the fear the the query optimizer will always be sub-optimal. I’m one of the ‘gun-shy’ persons which considers the current 5.0x MySQL more a beta than a stable product.
To be exact, I reported about 3 flaws in the query optimizer, plus I’ve found another couple of cases, all in less than six months.

If I’m going to suggest to my company the update to MySQL 5.1, it would be at least 12 months from the official release.
And to be honest, I have the fear the the query optimizer will always be sub-optimal.

]]> By: peter http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/07/19/mysql-51-is-to-reach-ga-state-all-to-arms/#comment-332455 peter Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:54:24 +0000 http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/?p=438#comment-332455 Indeed. Just in time :) Indeed. Just in time :)

]]> By: Erik Ljungstrom http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/07/19/mysql-51-is-to-reach-ga-state-all-to-arms/#comment-332401 Erik Ljungstrom Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:54:12 +0000 http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/?p=438#comment-332401 Rather good news - http://lists.mysql.com/commits/50100 Rather good news - http://lists.mysql.com/commits/50100

]]> By: Baron Schwartz http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/07/19/mysql-51-is-to-reach-ga-state-all-to-arms/#comment-332040 Baron Schwartz Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:47:13 +0000 http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/?p=438#comment-332040 Unfortunately, MySQL's 5.0 release made at least some people extremely gun-shy. At a former employer I tried to make the case for running 5.1 as a slave. I was asked to justify this recommendation and when I said "at least it would give us a chance to file reports on bugs that affect us, so they might get fixed and we could upgrade sooner" it didn't seem to overcome the wariness of a really unstable product. They explicitly referred to the bugginess of 5.0 as a reason to not be bleeding-edge. Unfortunately, MySQL’s 5.0 release made at least some people extremely gun-shy. At a former employer I tried to make the case for running 5.1 as a slave. I was asked to justify this recommendation and when I said “at least it would give us a chance to file reports on bugs that affect us, so they might get fixed and we could upgrade sooner” it didn’t seem to overcome the wariness of a really unstable product. They explicitly referred to the bugginess of 5.0 as a reason to not be bleeding-edge.

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