Monty Widenius (MySQL co-founder who recently left Sun), on the other
hand, doesn't cast a very favorable light on 5.1 for production use.
Good read:
"If you plan to use any of the new features of MySQL 5.1, regard
these as if they would be of beta quality."
http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2008/11/oops-we-did-it-again-mysql-51-released.html
On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 00:33 -0700, Timothy Smith wrote:
> Dear MySQL users,
>
> We are proud to present to you the MySQL Server 5.1.30 GA release, the
> first 5.1 production version of the popular open source database.
MySQL 5.1.30 is recommended for use on production systems.
>
> MySQL 5.1 provides a number of new enhancements including:
>
> - Table and index partitioning
> - Row-based and mixed replication
> - Built-in job scheduler
> - Improved XML handling with XPath support
> - New SQL diagnostic aids and performance utilities
> - The return of the embedded library (libmysqld)
>
> For a more complete look at what's new in MySQL 5.1, please see
>
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysql-nutshell.html
>
> For information on installing MySQL 5.1.30 on new servers or upgrading
> to MySQL 5.1.30 from previous MySQL releases, please see
>
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/installing.html
>
> MySQL Server is available in source and binary form for a number of
> platforms from our download pages at
>
> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/
>
> Not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point in time, so if
> you can't find this version on some mirror, please try again later or
> choose another download site.
>
> We welcome and appreciate your feedback, bug reports, bug fixes,
> patches, etc.:
>
> http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Contributing
>
> For information on open issues in MySQL 5.1, please see the errata
> list at
>
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/open-bugs.html
>
> The following section lists the changes in the MySQL source code since
> the previous released version of MySQL 5.1. It may also be viewed
> online at
>
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-30.html
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kent Boortz
> The MySQL build team at Sun Microsystems
