Tag: MariaDB
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Shanghai MariaDB Unconference Nov 2019
In our quest to promote development of MariaDB Server, what we have come to call Unconferences form a key part. These developer meetings have traditionally been organised twice a year, and 2019 is no exception. After the North American Unconference in New York in February, Asia Pacific was in turn with Shanghai in November. And, no, we have not forgotten Europe; expect an EMEA Unconference next year.
Hosts and environment
Microsoft were our hosts, at their fabulous campus in the […]
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MariaDB Server’s continuous integration & testing available to community
How MariaDB Server is tested
MariaDB Foundation is commited to ensuring MariaDB Server has a thriving community of developers and contributors. A software project cannot be maintained without proper tests. mysql-test-run is our standard testing toolkit for MariaDB Server. What it (mostly) does is run queries against one or more servers and compare their output to the expected one. This checks both behaviour and data consistency. The main principle is the server should always return the same data that is […]
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On Contributions, Pride and Cockiness
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, #MariaDB beats #MySQL 1009 to 247: We have over a thousand (1009) closed pull requests on github (and 179 open), MySQL has 247 closed (1 […]
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Authentication 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 experienced veteran or a newbie, does — before even issuing the first SQL statement — is logging in. Authenticating to the database server. And 10.4 […]
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“Account Locking and Password Expiration Overview” – MariaDB Unconference Presentations
Security is one of the hottest topics in Computer Software today, everybody handles highly valuable data. From private personal data, medical records for clinics to customers credit card information for online bussinesses, malicious data breaches are always part of the worst case scenario. Robert Bindar (robert@mariadb.org) is going to present a session at the 2019 MariaDB Unconference, New York about two new security features in the MariaDB Server: User Account Locking and Password Expiration.
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MariaDB 5.5.59 now available
The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB 5.5.59. This is a stable (GA) release. See the release notes and changelog for details.
Download MariaDB 5.5.59
Release Notes Changelog What is MariaDB 5.5?
MariaDB APT and YUM Repository Configuration Generator
Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB!
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MariaDB 10.2.12 now available
The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 10.2.12, the next stable release in the 10.2 series. See the release notes and changelogs for details.
Download MariaDB 10.2.12
Release Notes Changelog What is MariaDB 10.2?
MariaDB APT and YUM Repository Configuration Generator
Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB!
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MariaDB 10.2.11 now available
The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 10.2.11. See the release notes and changelogs for details.
Download MariaDB 10.2.11
Release Notes Changelog What is MariaDB 10.2?
MariaDB APT and YUM Repository Configuration Generator
Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB!