Poll: Which MariaDB Server version do you mainly run in production?

Our second poll aims to get to know you better by learning which version of MariaDB Server you primarily use in production. This helps us shift our priorities according to your needs and establish goals that align better with the popularity of the versions.

If you are curious about our previous polls, visit this link here.

Google Summer of Code 2021

Good news, for you and for us: We have been approved for this year’s edition of Google Summer of Code!

What is Google Summer of Code?

Quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code:

The Google Summer of Code, often abbreviated to GSoC, is an international annual program in which Google awards stipends to students who successfully complete a free and open-source software coding project during the summer. The program is open to university students aged 18 or over. It was first held from May to August 2005. 

Percona Live Online – MariaDB Call for Papers

Introducing the MariaDB Community Room

Good news: At Percona Live Wed-Thu 12-13 May 2021, there will be a separate track for MariaDB. It’s called the MariaDB Community Room. Matt Yonkovit and Bronwyn Campbell of Percona tell us they have some changes in store for this year’s online-only edition, one of them being a more clear distinction of tracks. This is good news for the users of MariaDB Server.

MariaDB in the General Track vs MariaDB Room

There will be some MariaDB related presentations in the general track, on topics of general interest to all audiences.

Automated MariaDB deployment and administration

Federico Razzoli, Vettabase director and consultant, and well-known member of the MariaDB community, has contributed a new section to the MariaDB documentation, on Automated MariaDB Deployment and Administration.

Topics covered include:

This is an ongoing effort, and Vettabase, a technology partner of the MariaDB Foundation, will be helping to maintain these sections in the future. …

MariaDB 10.5.9, 10.4.18, 10.3.28 and 10.2.37 now available

The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 10.5.9, MariaDB 10.4.18, MariaDB 10.3.28 and MariaDB 10.2.37, the latest stable releases in their respective series.

See the release notes and changelogs for details.

Download MariaDB 10.5.9

Release Notes Changelog What is MariaDB 10.5?


Download MariaDB 10.4.18

Release Notes Changelog What is MariaDB 10.4?


Download MariaDB 10.3.28

Release Notes Changelog What is MariaDB 10.3?

FOSDEM 2021 MariaDB is listening

FOSDEM 2021 was amazing. MariaDB had a developer room and Foundation members contributed talks to a number of other developer rooms. We were listening for ways in which MariaDB server could be improved during all these talks, regardless of which room our MariaDB Foundation staff were in.

MariaDB server developers present provided information related to recently fixed/improved items and things that are planned to be fixed.

Our interactions with the community of users present, many of which we know, gave us an opportunity to have a dialog about some of the parts of MariaDB that they would like improved.

MariaDB HA MiniFest Wed 24 Mar 2021

Mark your calendar on Wednesday 24 March 2021! Topic: the MariaDB Server MiniFest on High Availability. We have a number of high-profile presenters already lined up, to present the various HA solutions in MariaDB. Our goal: to help you pick the best one.

Role model: The Server Minifest in Dec 2020

The HA MiniFest follows the format of our Dec 2020 MariaDB Server MiniFest on the Release Policy. We start at 14:00 Paris time (CET) – 9:00am New York, 21:00 Beijing.

FOSDEM 2021: Remote energy

You can take FOSDEM out of Brussels, but you cannot take the Brussels out of FOSDEM. Meeting virtually is different, but FOSDEM once again succeeded in invigorating spirits and building bonds between developers.

Picture on top: myself “at FOSDEM” 2021. Missing the crowds, but still getting interaction!

Presentations now live on YouTube

The MariaDB presenters, the MariaDB Devroom organising committee and the team at MariaDB Foundation put considerable effort into all MariaDB talks at FOSDEM. The 24 MariaDB related talks are now all available on-line as a YouTube playlist on https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJ5BwLUdDZ-JQME9xbO2UD3uvBXnizM1

FOSDEM playlist

Still friends with MySQL

MariaDB Foundation got its first-ever devroom just for MariaDB Server.