Bug #51033 More transparent release schedule
Submitted: 9 Feb 2010 16:47 Modified: 28 Feb 2013 14:21
Reporter: Pavel Stratil Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
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Category:MySQL Server: Packaging Severity:S4 (Feature request)
Version: OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: bugs, features, release schedule

[9 Feb 2010 16:47] Pavel Stratil
Description:
Reading http://mysqlguy.net/blog/2010/02/09/when-should-we-expect-next-stable-mysql-release-beyond... I found out that I'm similarly confused about the release schedules in mysql as the author of the blogpost. Could mysql get a timeline on when a branch goes GA?

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[9 Feb 2010 21:31] Simon Mudd
Indeed, it's handy to know what new features are expected and roughly when to expect them.

While most of us don't expect all the features we would like to be added, it would be nice to be able to in some form or another show an interest in possible improvements and also perhaps give personal or business priorities (as a MySQL user). There are a lot of MySQL "bugs" or "feature requests", some of which seem to die ignored, unattended, or because they don't seem like reasonable requests and because there is no time to do them.  It's disheartening not to see certain things addressed, but then it's not clear if others share the interest in having certain things fixed.

Providing a way to give that feedback and make it more visible would be very positive.
[7 Apr 2010 21:46] Eric Johannsen
I just asked the folks at MySQL Enterprise Support when to expect a 5.4/5.5 release and they told me they cannot comment on a release schedule.

That makes it very difficult for me to plan an infrastructure roadmap.  If it's going to be 9 months, great, put it out there.  If it then slips, well, it's software.  That kind of thing happens.  But please, at least put some sort of timeframe around it.
[20 Dec 2010 8:24] Simon Mudd
5.5 has just been released which is good but I have bugs open which have been fixed in the 5.6 dev release. Again I'd like to have _some_ idea of when this will come out so that I won't have to adapt or work around these bugs.  So the issue still stands.
[28 Feb 2013 14:21] Yngve Svendsen
Unfortunately, Oracle does not publish GA release schedules for its products. The best estimation method is probably to look at the interval between the last couple of GA releases to get an idea of what is being targeted.
[28 Feb 2013 14:21] Yngve Svendsen
Unfortunately, Oracle does not publish GA release schedules for its products. The best estimation method is probably to look at the interval between the last couple of GA releases to get an idea of what is being targeted.