It could have to do with 5.1 not being released as alpha until 5.0 was gamma. Here is a breakdown of the 4.0-5.1 releases and ho2 5.1 was different from the previous versions.
http://ebergen.net/wordpress/2006/10/17/where-was-51/ -Eric On 8/13/07, Ed Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have an explanation as to why it's taking so long for an official > release of version 5.1? Is it me or does it seem like 5.1 is taking a lot > longer to be released. I don't remember previous versions having 20 beta revs > before an official release. Is there a real date available for an official > release? > > > -- Eric Bergen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.provenscaling.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]