Description of problem: Folks - it's time to seriously consider upgrading MySQL to the next version for Fedora. Version 3 is no longer actively supported and not receiving updates. In Bug 88437, the reporter requested an update to 4.0.12 nearly two years ago and was told "later." Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
There are a number of good reasons to move to 4.x, specifically 4.1. If nothing else, consider that current documentation shows features now appearing in versions 4 and 5 that developers want to use but can't in a default Fedora install. At some point, MySQL 5 should be considered as well, though even MySQL developers don't recommend that yet. A jump from 3.x to 5.x is not something I would look forward to. In the meantime, please again, consider the value of upgrading MySQL to a version 4 distribution, hopefully in the next release of Fedora.
You really shouldn't file such bugs against the "devel" branch without looking to see what's currently in it ;-) I can't update FC3 or earlier branches because of backwards compatibility policy, but FC4 will ship with MySQL 4.1.something (at the moment 4.1.9 is in rawhide). The reason it took so long was MySQL AB's new licensing policy. It took a good long while to convince our legal department that we were allowed to ship MySQL 4.x.