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.
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> 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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