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From: "Arttu V." <arttuv69@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mysql 5.1
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:06:39
Message-Id: fecdbac60901201006i11020e65p14a86c244c06dda9@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] mysql 5.1 by "Marcin Niśkiewicz"
1 On 1/14/09, Marcin Ni¶kiewicz <mniskiewicz@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Hello
3 > Is it known when mysql version 5.1 will be available in portage for amd64
4 > (stable)?
5
6 I don't know if we on the *user* list really can know about the devs'
7 decisions. Maybe gentoo-dev list or irc channel could give better
8 answers? AFAIK the devs rarely reply on this list.
9
10 I found one comment which appears to be quite insightful of the
11 situation (I don't use mysql that much, so I have to take this at face
12 value), although it doesn't give exact time frames:
13
14 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194561#c25
15
16 Eating your data is bad for a database and if that was the situation a
17 bit over a month ago, I wouldn't hold my breath for a stable marked
18 ebuild in portage for a while.
19
20 --
21 Arttu V.