MySQL Bugs: #71148: I believe this is nonsense

Bug #71148	I believe this is nonsense
Submitted:	14 Dec 2013 20:23	Modified:	17 Dec 2013 4:32
Reporter:	Peter Laursen (Basic Quality Contributor)	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Documentation	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.6 (at least)	OS:	Any
Assigned to:	Philip Olson	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysqld-server.html

Note: because MySQL is not a native component of Windows and depends on .NET, it will not work on minimal installation options like the "Server Core" version of Windows Server 2008.

How to repeat:
MySQL (the mySQL sever has not dependency on .NET. It has depedencyon the "Windows API" (for file system routines) but Windows API is not .NET.

The "MySQL Installer" depends on .NET - but that is another matter. You can install the server using "mysqld -- install" command or simply start it from command line on demand.

I don't know if it will run on the "Server Core" version of Windows Server 2008, really.  But if it does not it is to my best knowledge not a .NET dependency. (however a .NET dependency may prevent installing on such system using the "MySQL Installer")

Suggested fix:
Let people that know Windows write documentation for Windows. 

There are approximately the same number of true and false statements in this paragraph: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/windows-installation.html. This is horrible.

Thank you for the bug report.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/windows-choosing-package.html

"...MySQL Installer will run on all Windows platforms that are supported by MySQL (see http://www.mysql.com/support/supportedplatforms/database.html). Note: because MySQL is not a native component of Windows and depends on .NET, it will not work on minimal installation options like the "Server Core" version of Windows Server 2008. "

The statement "MySQL .. depends on .NET" is outright wrong. When has the "MySQL Installer" become "MySQL"?

This is now fixed. There was a typo, "MySQL" versus "MySQL Installer".

Thank you for the bug report.