Hi Ben, all!
Ben Clewett wrote ((re-ordered into posting sequence)):
> Joerg Bruehe wrote:
>
>> Hi Ben!
>>
>> Ben Clewett wrote:
>>
>>> [[...]]
>>>
>>> Approximately when will 5.0.1 be available as stable release?
>>
>>
>> 5.0.1 will never change, it is out (and obsolete by now).
>>
>> [[...]]
>>
>
> I am trying to work out how stable 5.0.x is. Related to why MySQL
> advise people to wait for the 'release' status.
5.0.9-beta (the current published version) still has some bugs which a
"production release" should not have, and we also want to give the 5.0
release series still more test coverage.
>
> You say 5.0.1 is old and obsolete. Yet is not at release stage yet.
> This is curious.
5.0.1 was the first "alpha" version of the 5.0 release series. It became
obsolete when 5.0.2-alpha was published, 2004-Dec-02.
>
> Will 5.0.1 be changed before release? For example: Will large errors
> (eg, server crash) be retrospectively fixed in 5.0.1 if found in this
> release?
Errors have been fixed (and will still be fixed), but with new version
numbers. Any version number is associated with a certain source code,
published as a "tar.gz" file.
Whenever anything is changed, be it security fix or feature, the
published result is a new code version which gets a new version number.
>
> The way I thought of it was: New features would demand a new release.
Major new features will enter into a new release series. Depending on
the feature complexity, they must be completed when that series is in
the "alpha" or "beta" stage.
> Critical bug fixes would be made in *all* live versions. Otherwise why
> have multiple versions at different stages?
Correct if by "version" you mean the release series, like 4.0, 4.1, or
5.0. But within that series, the new version gets a higher number like
4.0.25 or 4.1.13. If not yet recommended for production purposes, it
gets the label also, like 5.0.9-beta.
For more details, check
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/choosing-version.html
>
> But if no changes are going to occur, why is it not 'release' now?
>
> Sorry for my confusion,
I hope I got it solved.
Joerg
--
Joerg Bruehe, Senior Production Engineer
MySQL AB, www.mysql.com
