Have you ever wondered what it takes to complete Percona Server for MySQL (PS), Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC), and Percona XtraBackup (PXB) releases?
Let’s step back just a minute and talk about what Percona stands for. We believe we “stand on the shoulders of giants.” This means we respect our upstream sources and work to add value to the base products. Over time, new functionality is added. Much of this value-add was implemented on the 5.7 series and pulled forward to the 8.0 series. Each time we receive an upstream release, we must reapply these features to the release we receive. This process is what we call the Merge Process. …
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