MySQL 5.5.19

Monday, December 19th, 2011

The packages of MySQL 5.5.19 are now available for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" on both amd64 and i386 architectures. They fix some annoying issues that Dotdeb users kindly reported : the mysql-common package, in its 5.5.19+ version, "breaks"  mysql-server-5.1 and mysql-client-5.1 (as APT means it - it won't actually break your server into pieces). Freezing ...

MySQL 5.5.18 is out

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

MySQL 5.5.18 has been released by Oracle yesterday. The packages for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" are now available on Dotdeb for both amd64 and i386 architectures. As usual, please read the full Changelog carefully before upgrading. Please also note that Oracle now provides .deb packages on their download page. That's a great thing, but ...

MySQL 5.5 is finally here!

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

Some months after MySQL 5.5 being released as GA, I'm proud to announce that MySQL 5.5.17 is now available on Dotdeb, for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", for both amd64 and i386 architectures. Focusing on compatibility with previous and future official Debian packages of MySQL, Dotdeb's ones are based on the great work ...

Maatkit is now known as Percona Toolkit

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Useful tool for any MySQL DBA, Maatkit is a collection a utilities that ease painful MySQL manipulations (archive tables, keep a slave in sync, analyse slow queries...). Or should I say "Maatkit was...". In fact, it's now known as "Percona Toolkit" and it's available on Dotdeb for both Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" ...

MySQL 5.1.58 is available

Monday, July 25th, 2011

MySQL 5.1.58 packages are now available on Dotdeb : for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” and Debian 5.0 “Lenny” for the amd64 and i386 architectures The corresponding Pinba storage engine has also been rebuilt (Squeeze only). And, as usual, please read the Changelog of this maintainance release before upgrading.

MySQL 5.1.57 is out

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

MySQL 5.1.57 packages are now available on Dotdeb : for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” and Debian 5.0 “Lenny” for the amd64 and i386 architectures The corresponding Pinba storage engine has also been rebuilt (Squeeze only). And, as usual, please read the Changelog of this maintainance release before upgrading.  

MySQL 5.1.56 available

Monday, March 14th, 2011

MySQL 5.1.56 packages are now available on Dotdeb : for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" and Debian 5.0 "Lenny" for the amd64 and i386 architectures Of course, the corresponding Pinba storage engine has been rebuilt (Squeeze only). But take care to the plugin-load directive in your /etc/mysql/my.cnf file : MySQL does not support several plugin-load directives ...

MySQL 5.1.55 is available

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

MySQL 5.1.55 packages are now available on Dotdeb : for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" and Debian 5.0 "Lenny" for the amd64 and i386 architectures As usual, please read the Changelog of this maintainance release before upgrading. Note 1 : the Pinba storage engine for MySQL has been rebuilt against MySQL 5.1.55 (Squeeze only) Note 2 : Maatkit has ...

MySQL 5.1.54 is available

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

MySQL 5.1.54 packages are now available on Dotdeb in amd64/i386 flavours for Lenny and Squeeze. As usual, please read the Changelog of this maintainance release before upgrading. Now, about MySQL 5.5 (I was asked on Twitter or in the comments here), it will be available on Dotdeb as soon as it is ...

Packages of MySQL 5.1.53 are available for Lenny… and Squeeze!

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

MySQL 5.1.53 packages for Debian 5.0 « Lenny » are now available on Dotdeb in amd64/i386 flavours. Please note that they're available as preview for Squeeze too. This maintainance release fixes many bugs and security issues. Upgrading is strongly recommended after having read the Changelogs here and here.