December 10, 2008

7 Reasons why MySQL Quality will never be the same

Posted by peter |

I had a call with Monty the other day and I told him why I think MySQL Server Quality will never be the same again. I’ve been thinking a bit more about it and here is the extended list.

In particular I think MySQL Server will never be able to reach its original quality guidelines (see previous post) and even current release criterias will unlikely be ever reached with any sensible definition of what serious bugs are.
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MySQL 5.1 went to GA. Was it a good move ?

Posted by peter |

MySQL 5.1 release as “GA” seems to be the most controversial to date. It had very negative response from Monty, original MySQL Founder and controversial responses in community including another beating by Kevin Burton.

There is also very interesting reading on MySQL 5.1 open bugs

So how do I take it and where do I think MySQL 5.1 Quality Stands ?
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