I started using 4.1.0 in a production environment 2 weeks after it was released. Then when 4.1.1 came out I started using it before it was even posted on the mysql.com website. And I am sure I will do the same with 4.1.2. Is it stable? Yes. Are there bugs? Depends on what you are doing, but most versions of MySQL do have some bugs.
One of my 4.1.1 servers is currently pushing 3255 queries per second and has been up since the day 4.1.1 was released. The biggest problem we have had is that we manage MySQL servers using 3.x, 4.0, and now 4.1. We are primary developing with 4.1.x right now. And when we have to use one of the older boxes, we get mad because we have to code solutions for what we can do in 4.1.x. Something most people don't realize is that 4.1 and 4.0 are mainly the same code base, except for some new additions. These are just my experiences. It's up to you to decide if you want to use it or not. Donny > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 8:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: 4.1 Stable Enough For Beginner To Use? > > > MySQL Listers, > > The ability to have utf-8 encoded data in my database is > > important enough for me that I am considering upgrading to 4.1. I am a > > beginner to MySQL, having only used it for not quite a year. My > > question is whether or not MySQL 4.1 is stable enough for a beginner to > > use. On the one hand, if things went wrong I would be unlikely to tell > > the difference between when version 4.1 had a bug and when I was making > > a mistake. On the other hand, I store only a few dozen to a few hundred > > records in any one database, my sites are only designed for at most a > > few thousand users, and I don't know enough to do anything more than > > very simple queries. > > So would you think that it's safe for me to use it, or would you > > recommend I hold off from it? > > > > Go ahead dude, get the most bleeding edge copy you can, it'll help > understand whats for the future. Remember from what you said its purely > for > development so its not for production use. So yeh being alpha it isnt > production quality. > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
