Hi :) MariaDB is another project that forked, in much the same way as LibreOffice did from OpenOffice, from MySQL around the time that Oracle took over management of MySQL.
MariaDB worked hard to remain a "drop in replacement" for MySQL but has developed it's own enhancements. Like LibreOffice it remains OpenSource and has a lot of the original developers and community. Apparently people are often now using MariaDB when they think they are using MySQL as some distros have moved to using it by default instead of MySQL, so maybe it's more like Go-oo was. Anyway this is another of their "Stable" releases. I think in their case they mean that it's gone through alpha and beta testing. I'm not sure what else they mean by it. Anyway there are people who use it as a back-end for LO's Base and who may be interested to know of the new release. It'd be really nice to hear of PostgreSQL major releases too because that also integrates really well as the back-end for Base apparently. Regards from Tom :) On 12 October 2015 at 10:40, MariaDB Announce List <annou...@mariadb.org> wrote: > The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability > of MariaDB 5.5.46. This is a Stable (GA) release. See the Release > Notes and Changelog for details. > > > - - Links - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > MariaDB 5.5.46 > - Release Notes: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-5546-release-notes > - Changelog: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-5546-changelog > - Downloads: https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/5.5.46 > > About MariaDB 5.5: > - https://mariadb.com/kb/en/what-is-mariadb-55/ > > APT and YUM Repository Configuration Generator: > - https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories/ > > > - - MariaDB Webinars - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > There are several upcoming MariaDB-focused webinars and many > previously held ones available to watch on an on-demand basis at: > > - https://mariadb.com/news-events/webinars > > > - - MariaDB Books - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > There is an ever-growing library of MariaDB books available to help > you get the most out of MariaDB. See the MariaDB Books page for > details and links: > > - https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/books/ > > > - - User Feedback plugin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > MariaDB includes a User Feedback plugin. This plugin is disabled by > default. If enabled, it submits basic, completely anonymous MariaDB > usage information. This information is used by the developers to track > trends in MariaDB usage to better guide development efforts. > > If you would like to help make MariaDB better, please add > "feedback=ON" to your my.cnf or my.ini file! > > See http://mariadb.com/kb/en/user-feedback-plugin for more > information. > > > - - Quality - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > The project always strives for quality, but in reality, nothing is > perfect. Please take time to report any issues you encounter at: > > - http://mariadb.org/jira > > > - - Support MariaDB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > If you would like to contribute to the MariaDB Foundation, please see > the "contributing" and "donations" pages. We also have merchandise > available in a cafepress store. All proceeds go to support the MariaDB > Foundation. > > - https://mariadb.com/kb/en/contributing > > - https://mariadb.org/en/donate/ > > > We hope you enjoy MariaDB! > > -- > MariaDB > Website - http://mariadb.org > Twitter - http://twitter.com/mariadb > Google+ - http://google.com/+mariadb > Facebook - http://fb.com/MariaDB.dbms > Knowledge Base - http://mariadb.com/kb > _______________________________________________ > announce mailing list > annou...@mariadb.org > https://lists.askmonty.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce > To unsubscribe, send an email with "unsubscribe" as the Subject: to > announce-requ...@mariadb.org -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
