MySQL Reference Manual :: 1.5 MySQL Development Roadmap

This section provides a snapshot of the MySQL development roadmap, including major features implemented or planned for MySQL 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, and 5.1. The following sections provide information for each release series.

The current production release series is MySQL 4.1, which was declared stable for production use as of Version 4.1.7, released in October 2004. The previous production release series is MySQL 4.0, which was declared stable for production use as of Version 4.0.12, released in March 2003. Production status means that future 4.1 and 4.0 development is limited only to bugfixes. For the older MySQL 3.23 series, only critical bugfixes are made.

Active MySQL development currently is taking place in the MySQL 5.0 release series, this means that new features are being added there. MySQL 5.0 is available in alpha status.

Before upgrading from one release series to the next, please see the notes at Section 2.10, “Upgrading MySQL”.

The most requested features and the versions in which they were implemented or are scheduled for implementation are summarized in the following table: