The latest version of this Percona Server branch has numerous fixes

Aug 6, 2014 17:01 GMT  ·  By

Percona Server, an enhanced drop-in replacement for MySQL that will allow queries to run faster and more consistently and to consolidate servers on powerful hardware, is now at version 5.1.73-14.12.

As the build number suggests, this latest iteration of Percona Server is based on MySQL 5.1.73 and, as usual, it comes with a moderate number of bug fixes and smaller enhancements.

“Based on MySQL 5.1.73, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server 5.1.73-14.12 is now the current stable release in the 5.1 series. All of Percona's software is open-source and free,” reads the announcement.

According to the changelog, the Percona Server can now be built with Bison 3.0, ignoring the Query Cache Comments feature can no longer cause a server crash, the database administrator password can no longer be seen in plain text, the server no longer attempts to remove a used index from the in-memory InnoDB data dictionary, and a fix from MySQL 5.5 for upstream that could cause a server crash has been implemented.

The developers have explained that Debian 7.0 (Wheezy), Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy), and 14.04 (Trusty) packages are not available in this release. A complete list of changes and updates can be found in the official announcement. You can download Percona Server 5.1.73-14.12 from the official website.