"Scott Marlowe" <scott.marlowe@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm really hoping Sun will put a stop to such behavior, but wonder if
> they'll do anything at all.
> Sadly, the worst problem with the behavior re mysql releases is that
> it trains DBAs to NOT install updates. In fairness, I know quite a
> few Oracle DBAs who won't install patches right away either.
It's worse than that: it also trains repackagers to not be too quick on
the draw to adopt a mysql update release. I can tell you that new mysql
updates don't get into Fedora, let alone RHEL, till they've been around
at least a month or two. That's not laziness on my part; that's the
burnt child shunning the fire.
regards, tom lane
