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New MySQL release schedule planned

Oct 16, 2009
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[From SD Times]

When the information page for MySQL 6.0 vanished from MySQL.com in early October, the community began whispering that the project had been killed by its new owner, Oracle. But in reality, the reason for the removal was far less sinister. MySQL 5.4 included a non-coded new feature: a redesigned release schedule. The goal is to release more often and to introduce new features at a more iterative rate.

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