The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB 5.3.6. This is a stable (GA) release. It includes MySQL 5.1.62, some performance improvements, and several bug fixes. Most importantly, MariaDB 5.3.6 includes a fix for a bug which, under certain rare circumstances, allowed a user to connect with an invalid password. This is a serious security issue. We recommend upgrading from older versions as soon as possible. - - MariaDB 5.3 Links - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Release Notes: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-536-release-notes Changelog: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-536-changelog Downloads: http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.3.6 .deb Repositories: http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/repositories/ Overview of MariaDB 5.3: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-53 - - 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. - - MariaDB Crash Course - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The MariaDB-specific book, MariaDB Crash Course, by Ben Forta, is an excellent way to learn more about MariaDB. 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/ - - 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