From: Mihail Manolov Date: June 30 2012 12:57pm Subject: Re: GA download reverted back to 5.5.24? List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/227753 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Noel, I am really sorry for those "high profile sites", which in your scenario ha= ven't tested their database in dev/test/stage before upgrading. Bugs happen= . Big organizations have slower communication. Cheers, Mihail On Jun 30, 2012, at 0:16, "Noel Butler" wrote: > I wonder if you would have the same opinion to say your Operating System = environment, Apache, php, any mainstream server daemon, how about they pull= the current version for a serious bug, but dont tell anyone...=20 >=20 > Oracle have been quick to announce new releases of mysql, but failed to i= ssue a notice saying " uhoh, you better not use it" instead, putting a smal= l notice, where, on a fricken manual page FFS. who the hell reads that! and= they say use version "a" which does not even exist, I'd hate to think of h= ow many high profile sites are at risk of being screwed over by yet MORE or= acle incompetence. > No one would think any less of them if they sent that notice, many would= be appreciative, but to "hide" such a serious issue that was enough for th= em to withdraw and remove that version, is outright despicable. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 22:58 -0400, Govinda wrote: >>=20 >> >> That was nice of oracle to announce this wasn't it ... (/sarcasm) >> >>=20 >>=20 >> I am not aligned with any side.. and I am also not known/qualified/respe= cted in this group enough to make much of a statement... but: >> IMHO, In almost all matters, *appreciation* is the only approach that wi= ll serve... let alone sustain happiness... =20 >> ...and especially when we consider what little we must give to have righ= t to use MySQL. >>=20 >> Sure, desire for better communication/usability makes total sense.. but = I am just also observing/suggesting: please add (positively) to the atmosph= ere.. for everyones' sake. Just us humans under the hood. >>=20 >> -Govinda >=20