My company has a MySQL Network Platinum support contract on 2 Debian servers (which I guess is now called MySQL Enterprise). I contacted MySQL today, and they told me that they are NOT dropping support for Debian. All this means is that they do not have.deb packages MySQL Pro on Debian or Ubuntu -YET-. Their generic Linux tarballs will still install with no problem in Debian, and they will still continue to support users on the Debian/Ubuntu platform.
But here's the best part...
He also indicated that MySQL is in the process of creating Pro.deb packages for Debian AND Ubuntu.
So not only is this article inaccurate, it's actually 180 degress opposite of accurate. They're not dropping support, they're increasing it.
Here it is straight from the MySQL reps email:
"It is not yet fully supported which simply means that we do not yet have official enterprise binaries for this platform. We will continue to provide the same level of support and we hope to have both Debian and Ubuntu packages in the near future. I will let you know when we have enterprise.debs, until then you can simply use the 5.0.30-enterprise generic linux tarball package."
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My company has a MySQL Network Platinum support contract on 2 Debian servers (which I guess is now called MySQL Enterprise). I contacted MySQL today, and they told me that they are NOT dropping support for Debian. All this means is that they do not have .deb packages MySQL Pro on Debian or Ubuntu -YET-. Their generic Linux tarballs will still install with no problem in Debian, and they will still continue to support users on the Debian/Ubuntu platform.
.deb packages for Debian AND Ubuntu.
.debs, until then you can simply use
But here's the best part...
He also indicated that MySQL is in the process of creating Pro
So not only is this article inaccurate, it's actually 180 degress opposite of accurate. They're not dropping support, they're increasing it.
Here it is straight from the MySQL reps email:
"It is not yet fully supported which simply means that we do not yet have official
enterprise binaries for this platform. We will continue to provide the same level
of support and we hope to have both Debian and Ubuntu packages in the near future.
I will let you know when we have enterprise
the 5.0.30-enterprise generic linux tarball package."
I tend to believe MySQL.