Dear MySQL users,
We are proud to present to you the MySQL Server 5.1.30 GA release, the
first 5.1 production version of the popular open source database.
MySQL 5.1.30 is recommended for use on production systems.
MySQL 5.1 provides a number of new enhancements including:
- Table and index partitioning
- Row-based and mixed replication
- Built-in job scheduler
- Improved XML handling with XPath support
- New SQL diagnostic aids and performance utilities
- The return of the embedded library (libmysqld)
For a more complete look at what's new in MySQL 5.1, please see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/...-nutshell.html
For information on installing MySQL 5.1.30 on new servers or upgrading
to MySQL 5.1.30 from previous MySQL releases, please see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/installing.html
MySQL Server is available in source and binary form for a number of
platforms from our download pages at
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/
Not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point in time, so if
you can't find this version on some mirror, please try again later or
choose another download site.
We welcome and appreciate your feedback, bug reports, bug fixes,
patches, etc.:
http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Contributing
For information on open issues in MySQL 5.1, please see the errata
list at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/open-bugs.html
The following section lists the changes in the MySQL source code since
the previous released version of MySQL 5.1. It may also be viewed
online at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-30.html
Sincerely,
Kent Boortz
The MySQL build team at Sun Microsystems