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Re: [Maria-docs] MariaDB 5.2.6 release preparations
by Daniel Bartholomew 13 May '11

13 May '11

On Wed, 11 May 2011 14:36:40 +0200 Kristian Nielsen <knielsen(a)knielsen-hq.org> wrote: Kristian> Hi Daniel, Kristian> Kristian> We are ready to release MariaDB 5.2.6! Kristian> Kristian> I tagged the release with the tag mariadb-5.2.6. The tree is Kristian> lp:maria/5.2. Kristian> Kristian> This release introduces packages for Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty". I Kristian> updated the scripts in lp:mariadb-tools, but you need to be Kristian> aware if something on the download pages needs changing. Kristian> Kristian> Apart from this we merged XtraDB from Percona Server Kristian> 5.1.56-12.7. Monty also merged latest MySQL 5.1 tree, but Kristian> this does not correspond to any particular released version, Kristian> so I afraid you have nothing but the bzr changelog to tell Kristian> which bugfixes are included. Kristian> Kristian> The built packages should be in the usual place. The build Kristian> number from Buildbot is 907. Kristian> Kristian> This release also introduces the new windows MSI/.zip Kristian> packages that Wlad and Philip set up. Philip sent mail about Kristian> how to obtain those (I think on a private mailing list), or Kristian> you can ask one of them for help if needed. Unfortunately, Kristian> despite Philip spending a lot of effort (and half his sanity Kristian> I'm afraid) to get the windows hosts to run stably, there are Kristian> still intermittent problems, so the 32-bit packages are not Kristian> ready yet. However, I requested a rebuild from Buildbot, and Kristian> they should hopefully appear eventually. Kristian> Kristian> I think that is it, let me know if there is anything else you Kristian> need! Thanks Kristian! The files have been uploaded to the primary mirror and are in the process of being replicated to the various MariaDB mirrors. Please take a look at the Release Notes and Changelog pages and let me know if anything is missing or needs to be changed. https://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-526-release-notes https://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-526-changelog FYI: The "Download" link on the above two pages is not active yet. Once all the mirrors have the files I will activate it. Thanks. -- Daniel Bartholomew MariaDB - http://mariadb.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org

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[Maria-docs] Installation Docs for Various MariaDB Package Types
by Daniel Bartholomew 10 May '11

10 May '11

Changing the subject and cc'ing the maria-docs list because this is a docs topic. On Thu, 5 May 2011 13:56:36 +0300 Michael Widenius <monty(a)askmonty.org> wrote: Monty> Daniel, is it possible to for each binary on the Monty> http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.2/ add a new link Monty> 'install instructions' (unique for each type of binary). Monty> Monty> I think that without this, windows user installing the .zip Monty> file or unix users installing tar files may have problems... Yes, we can add a link to the downloads page. We already have the ability to add a blurb or comment to individual files in the downloads system, but I want to reserve this ability for times when there's something out of the ordinary about a file that we need to make sure to point out. If we always have comments on each file in the download system, people might miss it when we have something important to say about a particular file. So instead of doing that, I'd like to add a new "Installation Instructions" or a similarly named column to the download list. I'll work with Bryan to get it added. We have instructions in the KB for most of the various file types. Here are the links to existing installation instructions: http://kb.askmonty.org/v/installing-mariadb-binary-tarballs http://kb.askmonty.org/v/installing-mariadb-deb-files http://kb.askmonty.org/v/installing-mariadb-msi-packages-on-windows http://kb.askmonty.org/v/compiling-mariadb-from-source Missing on the above list are instructions for installing RPMs and the Windows .zip packages. Any volunteers to write up some installation instructions for these? Thanks. -- Daniel Bartholomew MariaDB - http://mariadb.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org

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Re: [Maria-docs] Documentation of MWL#180
by Daniel Bartholomew 10 May '11

10 May '11

Also CC'ing the docs list, since this is about documentation. On Mon, 09 May 2011 08:52:21 +0200 Kristian Nielsen <knielsen(a)knielsen-hq.org> wrote: Kristian> Hi Daniel, Kristian> Kristian> I just finished MWL#180 and pushed it to the MariaDB 5.3 Kristian> tree. So it will be included in the next (first really I Kristian> guess) MariaDB 5.3 release. Kristian> Kristian> Can you help me with getting this feature documented? I Kristian> already wrote the content, it is in the worklog: Kristian> Kristian> http://askmonty.org/worklog/Server-Sprint/?tid=180#hla Kristian> Kristian> I would just need help with putting it in the right place in Kristian> the knowledgebase and formatting. I've created two new KB articles based on your text in the above worklog: http://kb.askmonty.org/v/binlog-event-checksums http://kb.askmonty.org/v/binlog-event-checksum-interoperability I placed the articles under http://kb.askmonty.org/v/replication but I'm open to other suggestions if anyone feels like there is a better place. Apart from placement, please check to make sure my formatting and minor wording changes haven't introduced any errors, especially the table on the interoperability page, I think I formatted it correctly, but I'm not 100% sure. Also, as part of the documentation for this, additions were made to the following articles (to document the new options): http://kb.askmonty.org/v/server-system-variables http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mysqlbinlog-options Thanks. -- Daniel Bartholomew MariaDB - http://mariadb.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org

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