The Ultimate Guide to High Availability with MariaDB
This is a read-only copy of the MariaDB Knowledgebase generated on 2024-12-03. For the latest, interactive version please visit https://mariadb.com/kb/.

MariaDB 5.5.43 Release Notes

The most recent release in the MariaDB 5.5 series is:
MariaDB 5.5.68 Download Now

Download Release Notes Changelog Overview of 5.5

Release date: 1 May 2015

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 5.5.43 Changelog.

In most respects MariaDB will work exactly as MySQL: all commands, interfaces, libraries and APIs that exist in MySQL also exist in MariaDB.

Deprecated Distributions

As per the MariaDB Deprecation Policy, this will be the final release of MariaDB 5.5 for Fedora 19 "Schrödinger's Cat", Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid", and Mint 9 LTS "Isadora". When the next version of MariaDB 5.5 is released, repositories for these distributions will go away.

Updates & Bug Fixes

MariaDB 5.5.43 is a maintenance release. It includes several bugfixes and updates, including from MySQL 5.5.43. Notable updates include:

A full list of all changes is in the changelog.

Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB!

Be notified of new MariaDB Server releases automatically by subscribing to the MariaDB Foundation community announce 'at' lists.mariadb.org announcement list (this is a low traffic, announce-only list). MariaDB plc customers will be notified for all new releases, security issues and critical bug fixes for all MariaDB plc products thanks to the Notification Services.

MariaDB may already be included in your favorite OS distribution. More information can be found on the Distributions which Include MariaDB page.

Content reproduced on this site is the property of its respective owners, and this content is not reviewed in advance by MariaDB. The views, information and opinions expressed by this content do not necessarily represent those of MariaDB or any other party.