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diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..de6d2641bf0 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +This is a release of MySQL, a basically free SQL database server (more +licence information in the PUBLIC file and in the reference manual). + +Please read the Upgrading section in the manual if emigration from +3.20.# to 3.21.#. Otherwise it wont work!! + +The latest information about MySQL can be found at: +http://www.mysql.com + +To see what it can do take a look at the features section in the +manual. + +For installation instructions see the Installation chapter in the +manual. + +For future plans see the TODO appendix in the manual. + +New features/bug fixes history is in the news appendix in the manual. + +For the currently known bugs/misfeatures (known errors) see the bugs +appendix in the manual. + +For examples of SQL and benchmarking information see the bench +directory. + +The manual mentioned above can be found in the Docs directory. The +manual is available in the following formats: as text in +Docs/manual.txt, as HTML in Docs/manual_toc.html, as GNU Info in +Docs/mysql.info and as PostScript in Docs/manual.ps. + +For a contributed user manual see http://www.turbolift.com/mysql. + +MySQL is brought to you by: Michael (Monty) Widenius at TcX +DataKonsult AB. + +For the other contributors see the Credits appendix in the manual. + +************************************************************ + +IMPORTANT: + +Send bug (error) reports, questions and comments to the mailing list +at mysql@lists.mysql.com + +Please use the 'mysqlbug' script when posting bug reports or questions +about MySQL. mysqlbug will gather some information about your system +and start your editor with a form in which you can describe your +problem. Bug reports might be silently ignored by the MySQL +maintainers if there is not a good reason included in the report as to +why mysqlbug has not been used. A report that says 'MySQL does not +work for me. Why?' is not consider a valid bug report. + +The mysqlbug script can be found in the 'scripts' directory in the +distribution, that is 'there-you-installed-mysql/scripts'. |