Re: mysql naming scheme

2003-07-11 Thread Victoria Reznichenko
"renniw one" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, >In the mysql documentation, a mysql name is said to consist of 'three > numbers and a suffix'. However, I have come across mysql versions such > 3.23.56a, 4.0.12-nt and have read of versions like 3.23.33-log. The > documentation lists -alpha, -b

RE: mysql naming scheme

2003-07-11 Thread Rudy Metzger
The a, b, ... is applied to older versions which got a bugfix. E.g. if the current version would be 3.23.44 and a bug is found in 3.23.33 which is fixed, then 3.23.33 becomes 3.23.33a and so on. Please note that normally bugs are only fixed in the latest version, so you have to upgrade. However so