Hi Peter... On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Peter Laursen<peter_laur...@webyog.com> wrote: > I have a concern that I will ask you all to consider while there is > time. I think I understand that after MariaDB 5.1 a 5.2 release is > planned. I think it should not be versioned like that. Problem is that > there is a MySQL 5.2 tree too (it is basically an early 6.0) and it is > still available for download from FTP-mirrors like > ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/mysql/Downloads/ .
And at Webyog you strive to actually support that version? > For generic and GUI clients (ie. not designed for specific server > versions and where SQL is generated and not written by user) it is > important that the version string can be used to identify what SQL > statements are supported by server. The first thing such clients (like > our own SQLyog) does after connection is to SELECT VERSION() .. and only > after that we know if there is support for EVENTS, if IF EXISTS is > supported for DROP TRIGGER sysntax and so on. If there are two > different 5.2 trees (MariaDB based on MySQL 5.1 and MySQL 5.2) it gets > more difficult to handle. > . > I asked Monty about this at one of his sessions at the latest UC and he > told like 'we are good citizens - except for the comment field MariaDB > will be versioned like the MySQL code it is based upon'. What I also > think is the best solution. The *version* should not be the same for > different builds with even the slightest difference in what SQL server > understands. On the opposite version should be the same as long as SQL- > interface (even with possible Engine-specific extensions) is the same no > matter how much they differ internally. > > Maybe in the long run diversification is inevitable. But in that case > it should be planned well! >From your point of view, how should we identify a release that - Uses MySQL 5.1 as baseline - Note: MariaDB 5.1 also uses MySQL 5.1 as baseline - Has more features than MariaDB 5.1 ? henrik -- email: henrik.i...@avoinelama.fi tel: +358-40-5697354 www: www.avoinelama.fi/~hingo book: www.openlife.cc _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers Post to : maria-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
