SQL Issue

[Fernando Cassia]

On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:12 AM, James Hogarth <james.hogarth at gmail.com> wrote:
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> With regards to your suggestion that would result in 5.6 which is a potential marked change from 5.5 - even more so than mariadb which is why it was kept at 5.5 this release... If you read the relevant threads in -devel you can follow the reasoning...

Well, Mozilla has choosen to go with MySQL 5.6. First from Percona to
MariaDB and then MySQL...

https://twitter.com/sheeri/status/340207301854113793
https://blog.mozilla.org/it/2013/05/30/upgrading-support-mozilla-org-databases/comment-page-1/#comment-2798

It's even faster! The horror!
https://blog.mozilla.org/it/2013/01/29/in-subqueries-in-mysql-5-6-are-optimized-away/

But I'm sure MariaDB will suck up the changes in 5.6 in due time and
move its exciting developments to its code base... and claim it their
own...

But the truth is, the bulk of the developers moving MySQL forward seem
to be in Oracle's payroll... despite MariaDB propagandists grinding
their collective teeth, waving their arms and yelling at the sky...
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvxhzrMX421r4d22do1_400.jpg

The rest is FUD... like this (you asked about FUD)
tinyurl.com/muktware-liars
vs reality http://tinyurl.com/lsvya6f

I'm sorry if my point of view is not the mainstream...
And no, I won't engage in a flame war, so I'll stop this here.
FC