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2.1.2.3 How and When Updates Are Released
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MySQL is evolving quite rapidly and we want to share new developments
with other MySQL users. We try to produce a new release whenever we
have new and useful features that others also seem to have a need for.
We also try to help users who request features that are easy to
implement. We take note of what our licensed users want, and we
especially take note of what our support customers want and try to help
them in this regard.
No one is _required_ to download a new release. The News section helps
you determine whether the new release has something you really want. See
news.
We use the following policy when updating MySQL:
* Releases are issued within each series. For each release, the last
number in the version is one more than the previous release within
the same series.
* Production (stable) releases are meant to appear about 1-2 times a
year. However, if small bugs are found, a release with only
bugfixes is issued.
* Working releases/bugfixes to old releases are meant to appear
about every 4-8 weeks.
* Binary distributions for some platforms are made by us for major
releases. Other people may make binary distributions for other
systems, but probably less frequently.
* We make fixes available as soon as we have identified and
corrected small or non-critical but annoying bugs. The fixes are
available immediately from our public BitKeeper repositories, and
are included in the next release.
* If by any chance a fatal bug is found in a release, our policy is
to fix it in a new release as soon as possible. (We would like
other companies to do this, too!)
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