A few days ago, the second release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 has been published by the PHP Group. I just updated the preview packages for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 “Lenny” on amd64 and i386. Have fun!

On May 1st, MySQL 5.0.81 has been published with a lot of bugfixes. If you’re still using Etch, the corresponding packages are now available for i386 and amd64.

MySQL 5.4 has been announced at the opening session of MySQL Conference 2009 and a preview is available for download. This release may look as a compromise between the current 5.1 and the major 6.0 branches, but it includes many (IMHO needed) improvements : Sub-query optimizations A new query algorythms Replication killer features : replication heartbeat and semi-synchronous replication! Google SMP patch (even for Solaris x86 and Sparc) and IO patches Update of many antiquated defaults in the MySQL Server (like replication-related –master-host and so on…) InnoDB improvements (such as scalability up to 16way x86 and up to 64way CMT servers) A couple of performance fixes backported from 6.0 Dtrace integration on supported OSes The results? 59% faster than 5.1, 40% improvement in read/write test, 71% throughput increase! ...

Blogging and building live from MySQL Conf 09… If you want more details about what happens here (technical sessions, MySQL 5.4, InnoDB improvements, MySQL Cluster, Sun/Oracle fusion…) or want to enjoy a drink in the Valley, please let me know… [caption id=“attachment_214” align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“credits : Duncan Davidson”] [/caption] Back to the Dotdeb business : MySQL 5.1.34 has been published with its lot of bugfixes. It is now built and available on Dotdeb for your Lenny/Etch amd64/i386 Debian servers. No change in the packaging, just apt-get upgrade… ...

The PHP 5.2.9 packages for Etch/Lenny amd64/i386 have been updated : some obsolete ./configure options have been deleted the sigchild support has been dropped a memory leak has been fixed

A few days ago, the first release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 has been published by the PHP Group, providing many improvements : Namespaces support Late static binding MySQL native driver Phar support… I just built the packages for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 “Lenny” on amd64 and i386 and I will maintain them during the whole release cycle (RC2 and so on…). Please note that they should NOT be installed on production servers : Suhosin and some important patches are not applied, PECL extensions are not available (yet)… They’re here for testing purpose only. ...

Quick post : MySQL AB has just released MySQL 5.1.33… This maintenance release fixes several bugs… The packages are now available for Lenny and Etch, amd64 and i386…They re-introduces the readline support in the MySQL client… Enjoy.

Sorry for the delay, but I had to come back from winter sports to have a decent Internet connection… After being published by the PHP Group, PHP 5.2.9 anf its corresponding PECL extensions is now packaged for Lenny/Etch, amd64/i386. It fixes some annoying crashes and one security issue. The next release should be PHP 5.3.0 with some new interesting features ( MySQL native driver, Phar, namespaces…). Take a look at the official Changelog for more details before doing this recommanded upgrade. ...

MySQL AB has just released MySQL 5.1.32. This maintenance release fixes several bugs and one security issue. Upgrading is recommended, especially for those using replication. Last but not least, it is now packaged for Lenny and Etch, amd64 and i386! Feel free to upgrade your servers…

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 “Lenny” has been published on last Valentine’s day. Although most of the Dotdeb packages for the previous release, “Etch”, are compatible with Lenny, it is now time for Dotdeb to have dedicated packages for this new distribution. I’m actually kind of busy at work, but I managed to build and upload the most important packages : PHP5, PHP5 PECL extensions and MySQL 5.1. Additional pieces of software (Google Perftools, for example) will appear in the next few days. Please be patient and don’t hesit to make suggestions. ...