For those interested 5.5.25a has been released overnight, long after oracle claimed it was there. frankly., I think they ought to have use 5.5.26.
To those who replied to me directly, a few facts... 1/ it never affected me directly - my gripe with them was on principle and their actions (or lack thereof) towards those that were affected 2/ to the wanker who said people deserve what they get for untesting on DEV bed first ... this is true _IF_ it was a major release. (as I hope we all do) _BUT_ you don't expect to get fucked over by a point release, to have that happen, shows incompetence on the part of the software developer, not the users. On Sat, 2012-06-30 at 14:15 +1000, Noel Butler wrote: > I wonder if you would have the same opinion to say your Operating > System environment, Apache, php, any mainstream server daemon, how > about they pull the current version for a serious bug, but dont tell > anyone... > > Oracle have been quick to announce new releases of mysql, but failed > to issue a notice saying " uhoh, you better not use it" instead, > putting a small notice, where, on a fricken manual page FFS. who the > hell reads that! and they say use version "a" which does not even > exist, I'd hate to think of how many high profile sites are at risk of > being screwed over by yet MORE oracle incompetence. > No one would think any less of them if they sent that notice, many > would be appreciative, but to "hide" such a serious issue that was > enough for them to withdraw and remove that version, is outright > despicable. > > > > > > On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 22:58 -0400, Govinda wrote: > > > >> That was nice of oracle to announce this wasn't it ... (/sarcasm) > > >> > > > > I am not aligned with any side.. and I am also not > > known/qualified/respected in this group enough to make much of a > > statement... but: > > IMHO, In almost all matters, *appreciation* is the only approach that will > > serve... let alone sustain happiness... > > ...and especially when we consider what little we must give to have right > > to use MySQL. > > > > Sure, desire for better communication/usability makes total sense.. but I > > am just also observing/suggesting: please add (positively) to the > > atmosphere.. for everyones' sake. Just us humans under the hood. > > > > -Govinda > >
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