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@@ -1,35 +1,44 @@ -This is a release of MySQL, a dual-license SQL database server. -MySQL is brought to you by the MySQL team at MySQL AB. +This is a release of MariaDB, a branch of MySQL. + +MariaDB is a drop-in replacement of MySQL, with more features, less +bugs and better performance. + +MariaDB is brought to you by many of the original developers of MySQL, +that now work for Monty Program Ab, and by many people in the +community. + +MySQL, which is the base of MariaDB, is brought to you by Sun. License information can be found in these files: - For GPL (free) distributions, see the COPYING file and the EXCEPTIONS-CLIENT file. -- For commercial distributions, see the LICENSE.mysql file. +A description of the MariaDB project can be found at: +http://askmonty.org/wiki/index.php/MariaDB + +The differences between MariaDB and MySQL can be found at: +http://askmonty.org/wiki/index.php/MariaDB_versus_MySQL + +Documentation about MySQL can be found at: +http://dev.mysql.com/doc -For further information about MySQL or additional documentation, see: -- The latest information about MySQL: http://www.mysql.com -- The current MySQL documentation: http://dev.mysql.com/doc +For further information about MySQL documentation, see: +- The current MySQL documentation: Some manual sections of special interest: -- If you are migrating from an older version of MySQL, please read the - "Upgrading from..." section first! -- To see what MySQL can do, take a look at the features section. -- For installation instructions, see the Installing and Upgrading chapter. -- For the new features/bugfix history, see the Change History appendix. -- For the currently known bugs/misfeatures (known errors) see the Problems - and Common Errors appendix. - For a list of developers and other contributors, see the Credits appendix. A local copy of the MySQL Reference Manual can be found in the Docs directory in GNU Info format. You can also browse the manual online or -download it in any of several formats at the URL given earlier in this -file. +download it in any of several formats from +http://dev.mysql.com/doc ************************************************************ IMPORTANT: -Bug or error reports should be sent to http://bugs.mysql.com. +Bug or error reports regarding MariaDB should be sent to +https://bugs.launchpad.net/maria +Bugs in the MySQL code can also be sent to http://bugs.mysql.com |