MariaDB 5.1 Beta Released

October 29, 2009 10:24 pm mneptok digital

In what is sure to the the most exciting release announcement of the day (ahem), Monty Program and the MariaDB community are happy to announce the immediate availability of a (mostly?) stable beta release of MariaDB 5.1!

This is a beta. It may well have undiscovered bugs or features that are not fully baked. But the expectation is that we have fixed most of the issues like these, and so we’re looking to the broader community to help us get to a state where we can offer a Release Candidate. So start hammering on MariaDB, and be sure to report any bugs.

If you’re curious as to what we have baked into MariaDB 5.1, and what differentiates us from our upstream project, be sure to look over our guide to MariaDB vs. MySQL®.

If you want to dive right in, you can find source and binary tarballs on the MariaDB download page. And before you ask, yes, we are working on Debian and Red Hat packages. It’s a high priority.

Now, GO! Download and help us polish up an RC!

4 Responses

  1. Kurt von Finck (mneptok) 's status on Thursday, 29-Oct-09 22:25:22 UTC - Identi.ca Says:
    October 29th, 2009 at 22:25

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  2. Juanjo (reidrac) 's status on Thursday, 29-Oct-09 22:36:46 UTC - Identi.ca Says:
    October 29th, 2009 at 22:37

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  3. Mark Callaghan Says:
    October 30th, 2009 at 17:49

    5.1.what?

  4. mneptok Says:
    November 1st, 2009 at 18:44

    Mark,

    This is 5.1.38. We plan on having frequent point releases to include new functionality and features.