Excerpts from Olaf van der Spek's message of 2016-10-15 17:59:36 +0200: > Package: mysql-server > Version: 5.5.52-0+deb8u1 > Severity: wishlist > > Dear Maintainer, > > What's the plan for MySQL 5.7? AFAIK it was released in April, will it be > included in Stretch? >
The release and security teams have decided that MySQL will live only in unstable for stretch due to the perceived complications with tracking security patches in MySQL. I have not heard anything from our most excellent active maintainers, but I suspect they may decide it's not worth it to do the work to ship 5.7 in unstable only. If you disagree with this position, I suggest you email the security and release team to see if there's anything that can be done to change it.
