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MariaDB 5.5.22 release candidate now available
by MariaDB Announce List 30 Mar '12

30 Mar '12

The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB 5.5.22 release candidate (RC). MariaDB 5.5.22 is the first RC release in the 5.5 series. We hope to follow it up soon with a stable (GA) 5.5 release. Please test this release thoroughly! This is the third 5.5-based release. The MariaDB 5.5 series is the combination of MariaDB 5.3 and MySQL 5.5 with a few extra features and bug fixes. Please read the "What is MariaDB 5.5" page for an overview: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-55 - - MariaDB 5.5.22 RC Release Notes, Changelog, Downloads - - - - - - - The release notes for MariaDB 5.5.22 RC are available at: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5522-release-notes A changelog for this release is available at: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5522-changelog Sources, binaries and packages can be downloaded from: http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.5.22/ Debian and Ubuntu packages are available from our mirrored apt repositories. A sources.list generator can be found at: http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/repositories/ - - About MariaDB 5.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The MariaDB 5.5 series is the combination of MariaDB 5.3 and MySQL 5.5. Please read the "What is MariaDB 5.5" page for details: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-55 - - SkySQL and MariaDB: Solutions Day - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - We'll be co-hosting the the "SkySQL & MariaDB: Solutions Day for the MySQL® Database" one day event on 13 April, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. During this event, attendees will receive free, hands-on training and consulting on MariaDB and MySQL® database solutions from the experts at SkySQL, MariaDB, Continuent, ScaleDB, Severalnines, Sphinx, and Webyog, among others. SkySQL and MariaDB will bring together industry visionaries, including Michael (Monty) Widenius and David Axmark, the original authors of the MySQL database, to share their insights on current and future trends pertaining to the world's most popular open source database. To learn more about this free event, visit http://www.skysql.com/events/mysql-solutions-day The schedule for the event is here: http://www.skysql.com/events/mysql-solutions-day/schedule Attendees are also invited to participate in Drizzle Day – a parallel event co-hosted by SkySQL, Percona, and the Drizzle Development Team, featuring tutorials on the Drizzle database. - - 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 --plugin-load=feedback.so to your my.cnf file! On Windows, add "feedback=ON" to your my.ini file, or click the checkbox during the installation of the MSI package. See http://kb.askmonty.org/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: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maria - - Where else to find us - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - We're on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MariaDB.dbms We're on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/mariadb We're on Google Plus: http://gplus.to/mariadb We hope you enjoy MariaDB! -- Daniel Bartholomew MariaDB - http://mariadb.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org

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Speaker update! SkySQL & MariaDB: Solutions Day for the MySQL Database
by MariaDB Announce List 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

We're excited to announce new additions to the list of expert speakers at the upcoming SkySQL & MariaDB: Solutions Day for the MySQL Database (http://www.skysql.com/mysql-solutions-day) on April 13. Building on the already announced keynote from Michael (Monty) Widenius and David Axmark (http://www.skysql.com/events/mysql-solutions-day/schedule) and speakers from SkySQL, Monty Program, Webyog, Continuent, ScaleDB, Severalnines, Calpont InfiniDB and Sphinx Search, attendees will also gain valuable insight from Constant Contact, Sheeri C. Cabral, and MySQL expert Yoshinori Matsunobu. For the latest details on speakers and their presentations, check our event schedule and featured speakers pages. We’re still finalizing details on the closing afternoon keynote, so stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks. As a reminder, the SkySQL & MariaDB: Solutions Day for the MySQL Database was created specifically for MySQL Database Administrators, Application Developers building solutions on MySQL, Development/Engineering Management and IT Architects. All keynotes, intensive tutorials, and lunch – are absolutely free to attendees. Register Now!: http://www.skysql.com/mysql-solutions-day -- Daniel Bartholomew MariaDB - http://mariadb.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org

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MariaDB 5.5.21 beta now available
by MariaDB Announce List 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB 5.5.21 beta. MariaDB 5.5.21 is the first beta release in the 5.5 series. We hope to follow it up soon with a 5.5 release candidate. Please test this release thoroughly! MariaDB 5.5.21 beta is a merge of MariaDB 5.3 and MySQL 5.5 with some limited additional bug fixes. This is the second 5.5-based release, and we have some extra notable features including an improved thread pool, an updated SphinxSE storage engine for fulltext search, and the ability to selectively skip replication of binlog events. Extra features planned for MariaDB 5.5 will be pushed into subsequent releases. **Do not use beta releases on production systems.** == MariaDB 5.5.21 beta Release Notes, Changelog, Downloads =========== The release notes for MariaDB 5.5.21 beta are available at: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5521-release-notes A changelog for this release is available at: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5521-changelog Sources, binaries and packages can be downloaded from: http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.5.21/ Debian and Ubuntu packages are available from our mirrored apt repositories. A sources.list generator can be found at: http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/repositories/ == About MariaDB 5.5 ================================================== The MariaDB 5.5 series is the combination of MariaDB 5.3 and MySQL 5.5. Please read the "What is MariaDB 5.5" page for details: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-55 == SkySQL and MariaDB: Solutions Day ================================== We'll be co-hosting the the "SkySQL & MariaDB: Solutions Day for the MySQL® Database" one day event on 13 April, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. During this event, attendees will receive free, hands-on training and consulting on MariaDB and MySQL® database solutions from the experts at SkySQL, MariaDB, Continuent, ScaleDB, Severalnines, Sphinx, and Webyog, among others. SkySQL and MariaDB will bring together industry visionaries, including Michael (Monty) Widenius and David Axmark, the original authors of the MySQL database, to share their insights on current and future trends pertaining to the world's most popular open source database. To learn more about this free event, visit http://www.skysql.com/events/mysql-solutions-day The schedule for the event is here: http://www.skysql.com/events/mysql-solutions-day/schedule Attendees are also invited to participate in Drizzle Day – a parallel event co-hosted by SkySQL, Percona, and the Drizzle Development Team, featuring tutorials on the Drizzle database. == 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 --plugin-load=feedback.so to your my.cnf file! On Windows, add "feedback=ON" to your my.ini file, or click the checkbox during the installation of the MSI package. See http://kb.askmonty.org/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: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maria == Where else to find us ============================================== We're on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MariaDB.dbms We're on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/mariadb We're on Google Plus: http://gplus.to/mariadb We hope you enjoy MariaDB! -- Colin Charles, http://bytebot.net/blog/ | twitter: @bytebot | skype: colincharles MariaDB: Community developed. Feature enhanced. Backward compatible. Download it at: http://www.mariadb.org/ Open MariaDB/MySQL documentation at the Knowledgebase: http://kb.askmonty.org/

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