Bug #112962 Please consider eating your own dog food and run the latest GA version of MySQL

• Submitted: 3 Nov 2023 22:10
• Modified: 28 Jul 8:24
• Reporter: Simon Mudd (OCA)
• Status: Verified
• Category: MySQL Websites: bugs.mysql.com
• Severity: S4 (Feature request)
• Version: 8.2.0, 8.4.4, 9.X
• OS: Any
• CPU Architecture: Any
• Tags: dogfood

[3 Nov 2023 22:10] Simon Mudd

Description:
bugs.mysql.com reports:

Page generated in 0.031 sec. using MySQL 8.0.31-u7-cloud

The release notes page shows this was released in October 2022, so a year ago.
See: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-31.html.

The -u7 update indicates the binaries have been updated (probably security fixes and maybe some bug fixes) but this is not your latest code.

The latest GA version of MySQL is 8.2 released a few days ago.
See: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.2/en/news-8-2-0.html

It's good to show people that you run the code you suggest others run so please consider upgrading bugs.mysql.com to 8.2 and keep that visible to users. Also  keep updating when 8.3 and later are released.

Doing this is a sign you trust your software and you lead by example.

How to repeat:
1. Look at the bottom of bugs.mysql.com to see the version of MySQL being used.
2. Compare with the latest GA version released by Oracle, which you can see here: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

Upgrade if version of 1 < version of 2.

Suggested fix:
Please ensure this website runs the latest GA version of MySQL.

[5 Nov 2023 5:15] MySQL Verification Team

Hello Simon,

Thank you for the report and feedback.

regards,
Umesh

[28 Jul 8:24] Simon Mudd

Nice to see you have upgraded to 8.4.
- Today I saw: Page generated in 0.018 sec. using MySQL 8.4.5-u2-cloud