Appendix D. MySQL Change History
This appendix lists the changes from version to version in the MySQL
source code through the latest version of MySQL 5.1,
which is currently MySQL 5.1.7-beta. Starting with MySQL 5.0,
we began offering a new version of the Manual for each new series of
MySQL releases (5.0, 5.1, and so on). For information about changes
in previous release series of the MySQL database software, see the
corresponding version of this Manual. For information about legacy
versions of the MySQL software through the 4.1 series, see
MySQL 3.23, 4.0, 4.1 Reference Manual.
We update this section as we add new features in the
5.1 series, so that everybody can follow the
development process.
Note that we tend to update the manual at the same time we make
changes to MySQL. If you find a recent version of MySQL listed here
that you can't find on our download page
(https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/), it means that the version has
not yet been released.
The date mentioned with a release version is the date of the last
BitKeeper ChangeSet on which the release was based, not the date
when the packages were made available. The binaries are usually made
available a few days after the date of the tagged ChangeSet, because
building and testing all packages takes some time.
The manual included in the source and binary distributions may not
be fully accurate when it comes to the release changelog entries,
because the integration of the manual happens at build time. For the
most up-to-date release changelog, please refer to the online
version instead.
