Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB 5.5.22 release candidate now available

HI :)
Yes, MariaDb is a good back-end for Base and is a drop-in replacement for MySql.  It developed from 
MySql which is released under an OpenSource license.  Many of the MariaDb people were heavily 
involved in MySql and their community includes some of the original MySql programmers.  

The LibreOffice-MySql connectors should work just as well with MariaDb although not all of them 
have been tested against it.  

MySql and MariaDb are quite heavy-duty, i think Postegresql is too.  There are much smaller, 
lighter, faster back-ends (such as HSqlDb and others) that might be more useful for non-corporate 
users.  The internal/embedded version of HSqlDb is apparently not great but as a separate back-end 
it's great even though it's java-based.  

Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Fri, 30/3/12, Sylvain Bromberber <sbromber@MIT.EDU> wrote:

From: Sylvain Bromberber <sbromber@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB 5.5.22 release candidate now 
available
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Friday, 30 March, 2012, 14:26

Is there an explanation of what MariaDB is that can be understood more generally than in the 
reference given in this message, or is MariaDB of interest only to programmers? It sounds as if it 
is a data base that could be useful to a broader public.

Sylvain

-----Original Message----- From: Tom Davies
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Subject: [libreoffice-users] Fw: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB 5.5.22 release candidate now available



--- On Fri, 30/3/12, MariaDB Announce List <announce@mariadb.org> wrote:

From: MariaDB Announce List <announce@mariadb.org>
Subject: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB 5.5.22 release candidate now available
To: announce@mariadb.org
Date: Friday, 30 March, 2012, 13:49

The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
MariaDB 5.5.22 release candidate (RC). MariaDB 5.5.22 is the first RC
release in the 5.5 series. We hope to follow it up soon with a stable
(GA) 5.5 release. Please test this release thoroughly!

This is the third 5.5-based release. The MariaDB 5.5 series is the
combination of MariaDB 5.3 and MySQL 5.5 with a few extra features and
bug fixes.

Please read the "What is MariaDB 5.5" page for an overview:
   http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-55


- - MariaDB 5.5.22 RC Release Notes, Changelog, Downloads - - - - - - -

The release notes for MariaDB 5.5.22 RC are available at:
   http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5522-release-notes

A changelog for this release is available at:
   http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5522-changelog

Sources, binaries and packages can be downloaded from:
   http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.5.22/

Debian and Ubuntu packages are available from our mirrored apt
repositories. A sources.list generator can be found at:
   http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/repositories/


- - About MariaDB 5.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

The MariaDB 5.5 series is the combination of MariaDB 5.3 and MySQL 5.5.

Please read the "What is MariaDB 5.5" page for details:
   http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-55


- - SkySQL and MariaDB: Solutions Day - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

We'll be co-hosting the the "SkySQL & MariaDB: Solutions Day for the
MySQL® Database" one day event on 13 April, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency
Santa Clara.

During this event, attendees will receive free, hands-on training and
consulting on MariaDB and MySQL® database solutions from the experts at
SkySQL, MariaDB, Continuent, ScaleDB, Severalnines, Sphinx, and Webyog,
among others. SkySQL and MariaDB will bring together industry
visionaries, including Michael (Monty) Widenius and David Axmark, the
original authors of the MySQL database, to share their insights on
current and future trends pertaining to the world's most popular open
source database.

To learn more about this free event, visit
   http://www.skysql.com/events/mysql-solutions-day

The schedule for the event is here:
   http://www.skysql.com/events/mysql-solutions-day/schedule

Attendees are also invited to participate in Drizzle Day – a parallel
event co-hosted by SkySQL, Percona, and the Drizzle Development Team,
featuring tutorials on the Drizzle database.


- - User Feedback plugin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

MariaDB includes a User Feedback plugin. This plugin is disabled by
default. If enabled, it submits basic, completely anonymous MariaDB
usage information. This information is used by the developers to track
trends in MariaDB usage to better guide development efforts.

If you would like to help make MariaDB better, please add
--plugin-load=feedback.so to your my.cnf file! On Windows, add
"feedback=ON" to your my.ini file, or click the checkbox during the
installation of the MSI package.

See http://kb.askmonty.org/en/user-feedback-plugin for more information.


- - Quality - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

The project always strives for quality, but in reality, nothing is
perfect. Please take time to report any issues you encounter at:
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/maria


- - Where else to find us - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

We're on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MariaDB.dbms
We're on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/mariadb
We're on Google Plus: http://gplus.to/mariadb

We hope you enjoy MariaDB!

-- Daniel Bartholomew
MariaDB - http://mariadb.org
Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com
AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org

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