MySQL’s version numbering is getting harder and harder to understand. In fact, it’s getting surreal.
Let me state up front that there’s probably a lot I don’t know here. But if I don’t know, how on earth can the general public figure it out?
Before we begin, let’s define terms: GA is completely done, ready for use. RC is a release candidate: don’t change anything, just fix bugs because we’re charging towards a release here. Beta is possibly unsafe code, use at your own risk. Alpha is known to have significant bugs, but if you’re curious please play with it.
Now for the releases/versions game. Let’s recap:
- 5.0 has version numbers that leapfrog each other in features and functionality. SHOW PROFILES — now you see it, now you don’t.
- 5.1 has been “… released to general …