The MariaDB project would like to announce the immediate availability
of MariaDB 5.2.9, the latest iteration of the 5.2 series.
The release notes are available from:
* http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-529-release-notes
A complete changelog is available from:
* http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-529-changelog
Sources, binaries and packages can be downloaded from:
* http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.2.9/
Debian and Ubuntu packages are available from repositories. A
sources.list generator can be found at:
* http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/repositories/
MariaDB code hosting is on Launchpad:
* https://launchpad.net/maria
The project always strives for quality, but in reality nothing is
perfect. Please take time to report any issues you encounter.
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/maria
We would also like to mention the release of the first MariaDB-specific
book: MariaDB Crash Course, by Ben Forta. This book -- for beginner to
intermediate level users -- will get you up and running with MariaDB,
even if you've never used a database before. More information is
available at: http://forta.com/books/0321799941/
Feel free to join the maria-discuss and/or maria-developers groups on
Launchpad, or use #maria on Freenode IRC. And please, enjoy 5.2.9!
--
Daniel Bartholomew
MariaDB - http://mariadb.org
Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com
AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org
The MariaDB project would like to announce the availability of MariaDB
5.3.1-beta, the latest addition to our growing lineup of supported
software. MariaDB 5.3.1-beta is a bug-fix update to the previous
5.3.0-beta. The MariaDB 5.3 series introduces many new features,
includes MariaDB 5.2, and is based on MySQL 5.1. Some highlights of new
features in MariaDB 5.3 include:
- subquery optimizations that finally make subqueries usable
- many optimizer changes, including Classic Hash Join, Batched Key
Access, a new implementation of Multi-Range-Read optimizations as
well as Index Condition Pushdown
- NoSQL-style interfaces via the HandlerSocket plugin as well as
dynamic columns
- group commit in XtraDB when the binary log is enabled
- Microsoft Windows performance improvements
These are just some of the highlights, and for a full list of changes,
please read the What is MariaDB 5.3 page:
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-53
A complete changelog for this beta is available from:
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-531-changelog
Sources, binaries and packages can be downloaded from:
http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.3.1/
Debian and Ubuntu packages are available from repositories. A
sources.list generator can be found at:
http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/repositories/
The project always strives for quality, and being a beta release, we
know that not everything can be perfect. Please take some time to
report any issues you may encounter at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maria
Enjoy MariaDB 5.3.1-beta & Happy Testing!
--
Daniel Bartholomew
MariaDB - http://mariadb.org
Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com
AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org
