At MariaDB Foundation, we are proud of MariaDB Server getting plenty of contributions. But we don’t want to get cocky, so here is an update about where we stand, and what we want to make happen. First, we have shown our contribution pride in several places. On 15 February 2019, I tweeted On code contributions, […]
READ MOREAuthentication in MariaDB 10.4 — Understanding the Changes
MariaDB Server 10.4 came with a whole lot of Security related changes. Some of them are merely optimizations (like MDEV-15649), some improve existing features to be more robust (MDEV-15473, MDEV-7598) or convenient (MDEV-12835, MDEV-16266). Some are MySQL compatibility features, requested by our users (MDEV-7597, MDEV-13095). But the first thing any MariaDB Server user, whether an […]
READ MOREEasier licensing of MCAs for MariaDB contributors
Software licensing is a difficult subject that we don’t usually want to think about. It can be confusing and frustrating trying to work out whether different licenses are compatible, and problems like dual-licensing make it even harder. We all just want to write great code, not worry about licenses! Until now, contributors who provide improvements […]
READ MORE2019 Developers Unconference, New York
February in New York City is again MariaDB time, and the first MariaDB Developers Unconference of 2019 will take place on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 February, with Hudson River Trading as kind hosts. The event is free to attend and you can join for the entire weekend, or as little time as you wish. […]
READ MORERunning MariaDB in a Docker container
Virtualisation has been a very popular technique for both development and production systems for many years. It allows multiple software environments to run on the same physical machine. Containerisation takes this idea even further. It allows you to segment your software environment down to the level of individual software packages. This means you can install […]
READ MOREMariaDB Foundation at the Google Mentor Summit
The MariaDB Foundation has had 2 projects accepted for Google Summer of Code 2018, of which one we deemed successful. Teodor Niculescu (teodorvicentiuniculescu@gmail.com)’s work was part of an effort to improve MariaDB’s query optimiser by providing faster histogram collection using equal-width histograms. His project is not yet in a release worthy state, yet we are […]
READ MORETampere MariaDB Developers Unconference: Reportback & Presentations
The second MariaDB Developers Unconference of 2018 was held in Tampere, Finland on 26-29 June. The event was kindly hosted by Seravo and the Crazy Town venue offered us great facilities for collaborative work and discussions. Thanks to all 27 attendees who arrived! Present were many core developers and new contributors interested in MariaDB development […]
READ MOREDeveloper tip: test MariaDB install/upgrade quickly with Docker
Here is a quick tip for any developer who might want to test if the latest development version of MariaDB installs/upgrades. Traditionally, developers seem to have a bunch of virtual machines lying around which they use to test MariaDB installation and upgrade related things. Snapshotting virtual images, keeping them up-to-date, starting, stopping etc. takes a […]
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