-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Joao --
...and then Joćo Borsoi said... % % I working in a project to be released 6 months from now. We are % currently using mysql 3.23.49 with Innodb. I'm thinking about upgrading % it to mysql 4.0.5a because of some deadlock bugs. What is the risk of % going to a development version? Is it stable? A development version is never "stable", but the mysql folks tend to be pretty good about their releases. To quote the manual from 4.0.6-gamma: 2.2.3 Which MySQL Version to Use The MySQL naming scheme uses release numbers that consist of three numbers and a suffix. For example, a release name like mysql-3.21.17-beta is interpreted like this: ... * The suffix (beta) indicates the stability level of the release. The possible suffixes are: + alpha indicates that the release contains some large section of new code that hasn't been 100% tested. Known bugs (usually ... release. There should be no known bugs in any MySQL release. + beta means that all new code has been tested. No major new ... + gamma is a beta that has been around a while and seems to work fine. Only minor fixes are added. This is what many other companies call a release. + If there is no suffix, it means that the version has been run for a while at many different sites with no reports of bugs other than platform-specific bugs. Only critical bug fixes are applied to the release. This is what we call a stable release. Since the development branch is at 4.0.6-gamma, it's pretty stable. You might also check out section 1.2.3 "How Stable is MySQL?". % % Thanks, % Joao. HTH & HAND mysql query, :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE961yIGb7uCXufRwARAggsAKCHfwucTYh/I/fhaa6oQUdK5B1bsACdG06d Vy9OJxoCf2RlnUR/xvXWckE= =Jgfg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php