MariaDB 5.5.38 Release Notes
The most recent release in the MariaDB 5.5 series is:
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Release date: 9 Jun 2014
This is a Stable (GA) release. In general this means that there are no known serious bugs, except for those marked as feature requests, that no bugs were fixed since last release that caused notable code changes, and that we believe the code is ready for general usage (based on bug inflow).
For a description of MariaDB 5.5 see the What is MariaDB 5.5? page.
For a list of changes made in this release, with links to detailed information on each push, see the MariaDB 5.5.38 Changelog.
In most respects MariaDB will work exactly as MySQL: all commands, interfaces, libraries and APIs that exist in MySQL also exist in MariaDB.
Updates & Bug Fixes
MariaDB 5.5.38 is a maintenance release. It includes several bugfixes and updates, including from MySQL 5.5.38. Notable updates include:
- Fixes for the following security vulnerabilities:
- XtraDB updated to the version from Percona Server 5.5.37-35.0
- TokuDB updated to version 7.1.6
A full list of all changes is in the changelog.
MariaDB on Power
With this release of MariaDB we're introducing binary tarball builds created on a Power7 box running Red Hat 6. They're listed on the downloads page in the "OS/CPU" column as "Linux ppc64". We welcome your feedback on these new packages!
Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB!
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