Bala's Profile
Director of MySQL and Heatwave Release Engineering at Oracle. RE is responsible for build, packaging and delivery of the full range of Oracle's MySQL products.
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Announcing July 2023 Releases featuring MySQL 8.1.0 and 8.0.34
Source Database Management System, have been released in conjunction
with the MySQL Shell, MySQL Router and MySQL 8.1.0 Connectors.
We are also pleased to announce the release of MySQL Cluster 8.1.0, the
latest GA, along with 8.0.34, 7.6.27, 7.5.31. MySQL Cluster is the
distributed, shared-nothing variant of MySQL.
MySQL Server 8.1.0 and MySQL Cluster 8.1.0 are Innovation releases,
which means they will have new features in addition to bug fixes. They
are supported until the next Innovation release comes out. With this new
Innovation series, the existing 8.0 series will focus on security and
bug fixes only.
Please refer to the below MySQL Innovation and Long Term support (LTS)
blog for more information:
https://blogs.oracle.com/mysql/post/introducing-mysql-innovation-and-longterm-support-lts-versions
These releases are recommended for use on production systems and are
available in source and binary form for a number of platforms from our
MySQL Community download pages at:
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/
Windows packages are available via the Installer for Windows or .ZIP
(no-install) packages for more advanced needs. The point and click
configuration wizards and MySQL products are available in the unified
Installer for Windows:
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/
Enterprise binaries for these new releases are available on My Oracle
Support:
https://support.oracle.com
Choose the “Patches & Updates” tab, and then choose the “Product or
Family (Advanced Search)” side tab in the “Patch Search” portlet.
MySQL Enterprise binaries are also available on the Oracle Software
Delivery Cloud:
https://edelivery.oracle.com/
Changes in the release since the previous one can be viewed online as
shown below.
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/#current-release-notes
Thursday, April 20, 2023
MySQL Support for Ubuntu 23.04 and Fedora 38
Fedora Linux 38 was published this week. We offer fedora 38 packages for recent versions of almost all MySQL products, both from our Yum repos and by manual download.
Ubuntu 23.04
(Lunar Lobster) was published today. Ubuntu 23.04 packages are available for recent versions of all MySQL products, both
from our Apt repository and by manual download.
Congratulations to both Ubuntu and Fedora communities on yet another innovative release.
Summary of MySQL products available for Ubuntu 23.04 and Fedora 38:
MySQL Server and MySQL NDB Cluster
- MySQL 8.0.33
- MySQL Cluster (NDB) 8.0.33 (applicable only for Ubuntu 23.04)
Components
Connectors- MySQL Connector/C++ 8.0.33
- MySQL Connector/J 8.0.33
- MySQL Connector/ODBC 8.0.33
- MySQL Connector/Python 8.0.33
For detailed install instructions, please refer to A Quick Guide to Using the MySQL Yum Repository and A Quick Guide to Using the MySQL APT Repository.
For an overview of what's new in MySQL 8.0, please see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mysql-nutshell.html
Feedback, bug reports, bug fixes, patches welcome at:
https://bugs.mysql.com/report.php
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
MySQL April 2023 releases
MySQL Server 8.0.33 and 5.7.42, new versions of the popular Open
Source Database Management System along with different connectors and
MySQL NDB Cluster 8.0.33, 7.6.26, and 7.5.30, a
high-availability, high-redundancy version of MySQL adapted for the
distributed computing environment have been released.
The release notes for the changes in each release of MySQL Server, Cluster, Components and Connectors are available below.
MySQL NDB Cluster
- MySQL Cluster (NDB) 8.0.33
- MySQL Cluster (NDB) 7.6.26
- MySQL Cluster (NDB) 7.5.30
- MySQL Cluster Manager 8.0.33
Components
- MySQL Shell 8.0.33
- MySQL Router 8.0.33
- MySQL Workbench 8.0.33
- MySQL Enterprise Backup 8.0.33
- MySQL Operator 8.0.33
- MySQL Connector/C++ 8.0.33
- MySQL Connector/J 8.0.33
- MySQL Connector/NET 8.0.33
- MySQL Connector/Node.js 8.0.33
- MySQL Connector/ODBC 8.0.33
- MySQL Connector/Python 8.0.33
MySQL releases are available for download at:
https://www.mysql.com/downloads/
MySQL releases are also available from our repository for Linux
platforms, go here for details: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/
Windows packages are available via the Installer for Windows:
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/
For an overview of what's new in MySQL 8.0, please see
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mysql-nutshell.html
For information on installing MySQL 8.0.33 on new servers, refer documentation at
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/installing.html
Feedback, bug reports, bug fixes, patches welcome at:
https://bugs.mysql.com/report.php
Notes:
- MySQL support for Ubuntu 23.04 and Fedora38. Refer the next blog for more updates.
Thursday, January 19, 2023
MySQL January 2023 releases
MySQL Server 8.0.32 and 5.7.41, new versions of the popular Open
Source Database Management System along with different connectors and
MySQL NDB Cluster 8.0.32, 7.6.25, 7.5.29, and 7.4.39, a
high-availability, high-redundancy version of MySQL adapted for the
distributed computing environment have been released.
The release notes for the changes in each release of MySQL Server, Cluster, Components and Connectors are available below.
MySQL NDB Cluster
- MySQL Cluster (NDB) 8.0.32
- MySQL Cluster (NDB) 7.6.25
- MySQL Cluster (NDB) 7.5.29
- MySQL Cluster (NDB) 7.4.39
- MySQL Cluster Manager 8.0.32
Components
- MySQL Shell 8.0.32
- MySQL Router 8.0.32
- MySQL Workbench 8.0.32
- MySQL Enterprise Backup 8.0.32
- MySQL Operator 8.0.32
- MySQL Connector/C++ 8.0.32
- MySQL Connector/J 8.0.32
- MySQL Connector/NET 8.0.32
- MySQL Connector/Node.js 8.0.32
- MySQL Connector/ODBC 8.0.32
- MySQL Connector/Python 8.0.32
Note: MySQL Cluster NDB 7.4.39 is the final release in the NDB 7.4 series.
MySQL releases are available for download at:
https://www.mysql.com/downloads/
MySQL releases are also available from our repository for Linux
platforms, go here for details: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/
Windows packages are available via the Installer for Windows:
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/
For an overview of what's new in MySQL 8.0, please see
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mysql-nutshell.html
For information on installing MySQL 8.0.32 on new servers, refer documentation at
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/installing.html
Feedback, bug reports, bug fixes, patches welcome at:
https://bugs.mysql.com/report.php
Thursday, November 17, 2022
MySQL Support for Ubuntu 22.10 and Fedora 37
Fedora Linux 37 was published this week. We offer fedora 37 packages for recent versions of almost all MySQL products, both from our Yum repos and by manual download.
Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) was published on 20th October 2022. Ubuntu 22.10 delivers toolchain updates to Ruby, Go, GCC and Rust. Ubuntu 22.10 packages are available for recent versions of all MySQL products, both from our Apt repository and by manual download.
Congratulations to both Ubuntu and Fedora communities on yet another innovative release.
Summary of MySQL products available for Ubuntu 22.10 and Fedora 37:
MySQL Server and MySQL NDB Cluster
- MySQL 8.0.31
- MySQL Cluster (NDB) 8.0.31 (applicable only for Ubuntu 22.10)
Components
Connectors- MySQL Connector/C++ 8.0.31
- MySQL Connector/J 8.0.31
- MySQL Connector/ODBC 8.0.31
- MySQL Connector/Python 8.0.31
For detailed install instructions, please refer to A Quick Guide to Using the MySQL Yum Repository and A Quick Guide to Using the MySQL APT Repository.
For an overview of what's new in MySQL 8.0, please see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mysql-nutshell.html
Feedback, bug reports, bug fixes, patches welcome at:
https://bugs.mysql.com/report.php
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
MySQL October 2022 releases
MySQL Server 8.0.31 and 5.7.40, new versions of the popular Open
Source Database Management System along with different connectors and
MySQL NDB Cluster 8.0.31, 7.6.24, 7.5.28, and 7.4.38, a
high-availability, high-redundancy version of MySQL adapted for the
distributed computing environment have been released.
The release notes for the changes in each release of MySQL Server, Cluster, Components and Connectors are available below.
MySQL NDB Cluster
- MySQL Cluster (NDB) 8.0.31
- MySQL Cluster (NDB) 7.6.24
- MySQL Cluster (NDB) 7.5.28
- MySQL Cluster (NDB) 7.4.38
- MySQL Cluster Manager 8.0.31
Components
- MySQL Shell 8.0.31
- MySQL Router 8.0.31
- MySQL Workbench 8.0.31
- MySQL Enterprise Backup 8.0.31
- MySQL Operator 8.0.31
- MySQL Connector/C++ 8.0.31
- MySQL Connector/J 8.0.31
- MySQL Connector/NET 8.0.31
- MySQL Connector/Node.js 8.0.31
- MySQL Connector/ODBC 8.0.31
- MySQL Connector/Python 8.0.31
MySQL releases are available for download at:
https://www.mysql.com/downloads/
MySQL releases are also available from our repository for Linux
platforms, go here for details: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/
Windows packages are available via the Installer for Windows:
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/
For an overview of what's new in MySQL 8.0, please see
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mysql-nutshell.html
For information on installing MySQL 8.0.31 on new servers, refer documentation at
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/installing.html
Feedback, bug reports, bug fixes, patches welcome at:
https://bugs.mysql.com/report.php
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
MySQL July 2022 releases
MySQL Server 8.0.30 and 5.7.39, new versions of the popular Open Source Database Management System along with different connectors and MySQL NDB Cluster 8.0.30, 7.6.23, 7.5.27, and 7.4.37, a high-availability, high-redundancy version of MySQL adapted for the distributed computing environment have been released.
The release notes for the changes in each release of MySQL Server, Cluster, Components and Connectors are available below.
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/#current-release-notes
We have added support for Fedora 36 and Ubuntu 22.04 release in July 2022 release. In addition, we have also published the Server/Shell/Router/MEB 8.0.30 (both x86-64bit and ARM-64bit) packages for the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 / Oracle Linux 9 release.
MySQL releases are available for download at:
https://www.mysql.com/downloads/
MySQL releases are also available from our repository for Linux
platforms, go here for details: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/
Windows packages are available via the Installer for Windows:
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/
For an overview of what's new in MySQL 8.0, please see
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mysql-nutshell.html
For information on installing MySQL 8.0.30 on new servers, refer documentation at
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/installing.html
Feedback, bug reports, bug fixes, patches welcome at:
https://bugs.mysql.com/report.php
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