MySQL port name confusion

Akira Kitada akitada at macports.org
Sat Sep 26 19:59:43 PDT 2009


On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> Why would anybody want MySQL 5.0.x now that 5.1.x is available?
>
> We already have a mysql4 port which provides 4.1.x, though I expect to
> remove it next year after 4.1.x has been end-of-life'd.
>
> I am in the process of removing the mysql3 port. See #20700.

One possibility would be that he/she is still running MySQL 4.1/5.0 at work
then prefers to use it at home to do some testing.


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