MepSQL Debs for Ubuntu now released - courtesy of cool tweaks to the build...
After another week of hacking on MepSQL the DEB files for Ubuntu are now available.(MepSQL is my new "just a hobby" MySQL fork project.) The Download page has instructions on how to install the...
View ArticleLooking at OpenSuse Build Service and Launchpad PPA (aka: How to build...
This is the first part of many posts in a series of blog posts where I want to document how the MepSQL packages were built. By doing that, I will also end up covering the MariaDB build system (which...
View ArticleWhy to choose a cloud service, and which one
This is the second part in a series of posts about how the MepSQL packages were built. In part 1 I evaluated OpenSuse Build System and Launchpad PPA and ended up concluding that running your own...
View ArticleGoing from MariaDB to MepSQL BuildBot setup and using EC2LatentBuildSlave to...
This is the third post in a series about developing the MepSQL build system. In the previous posts we chose BuildBot running in the Amazon EC2 cloud. In this post we actually get a closer look at how...
View ArticleDealing with the Cambrian Explosion 1/2: How to parameterize the package name...
As I mentioned before, it seems that thanks to Git and Bzr introducing distributed version control workflows, the open source community is now living in a phase where forking is easy and happens...
View ArticleDealing with the Cambrian Explosion 2/2: Parameterizing the package name in...
Yesterday I wrote down the approach used in the MepSQL build system to parameterize the TAR package name produced. Today I will follow up with how the same was done for building DEBs. The motivation is...
View ArticleOverview and archeological exploration of the MepSQL Bakery
This is the final part in a series of posts about the MepSQL build system known as MepSQL Bakery. MepSQL is a (yet another) fork of the MySQL database server, with the server based on the...
View ArticleFriendly reminder: Nominate your candidate for MySQL awards by end of this week
This is just a friendly reminder that you can nominate your favorite MySQL community member, application and company for the traditional awards. The nominations must be in by the end of this week,...
View ArticleHow to make MySQL cool again
Jonathan Levin has an excellent blog post titled How to make MySQL cool again. It is almost word for word something I've wanted to write for a long time. Now I don't need to, thanks Jonathan.Once again...
View ArticleReflections on MySQL conference - Part II: People and community
Friendly and without dramaThat's a good way to summarize the MySQL conference 2011. Nobody acquired nobody. There were no volcanoes keeping men away from their wives, dads away from soon to be born...
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The easy way to manage virtual/cloud images: from the outside with userdata...
In March I posted a series of blog posts on my paternity leave MepSQL project, which I called MepSQL. There was still one piece created in the MepSQL buildsystem that I didn't publish or blog about....
View ArticlePercona.tv: State of the MySQL Ecosystem
In December I covered the topic The state of MySQL forks: co-operating without co-operating (which was also a response to Giuseppe Maxia's take on the same topic). Since half a year has now passed, I...
View ArticleHelsinki MySQL User Group, Tue Nov 1 @ 18:00
Suomeksi: MySQL käyttäjätapaaminen Helsingissä 1. marraskuuta. Klikkaa allaolevaa linkkiä ilmoittautuaksesi, siellä saat myös lisätietoa suomeksi.Finally it's here! So many of you have always asked...
View Article"The" MySQL Conference 2012 Call for Papers
There's now 2 weeks left of the Call for Papers for Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo (Santa Clara, CA). This weekend I've been finalizing my abstracts for submission and I trust many of you are...
View ArticleState of the MySQL forks: via a particular example of authentication plugins
A year ago I posted a blog on The state of MySQL forks: co-operating without co-operating. (Also Giuseppe wrote about the topic at that time, and Peter Zaitsev covers it in his conference keynotes.) So...
View ArticleMySQL User Group Helsinki, Feb 7, Monty and MariaDB
Hi againIt's time to announce the next Helsinki MySQL User Group which is on February 8 at 18:00. Venue is Solinor's meeting and sauna facilities in North Haaga:...
View ArticleMaking rpm builds a first class citizen: Why?
Last weekend I released rpm files for the latest Drizzle Fremont beta (announcement). As part of that work I've also integrated the spec file and other files used by the rpmbuild into the main Drizzle...
View ArticleMaking rpm builds a first class citizen: How?
In my previous post I explained why I believe the production of RPM and DEB packages should be more integrated with the rest of your development process. Now it's time to look into how you can put the...
View ArticleDrizzle Day and MariaDB day to end your MySQL user conference
Good news to all of you who are going or were thinking of going to the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo. Yesterday two great addon events were announced, both happening on Friday April 13th,...
View ArticleA year with Drizzle
Today I'm coming out of the closet. Since I'm a professional database expert I try to be like the mainstream and use the commercial MySQL forks (including MySQL itself). But I think those close to me...
View ArticleNotes from MySQL Conference 2012 - Part 1, the soft part
I have finally recovered from my trip to Santa Clara enough that I can scribble down some notes from this year's MySQL Conference. Writing a travel report is part of the deal where my employer covers...
View ArticleNotes from MySQL Conference 2012 - Part 2, the hard part
This is the second and final part of my notes from the MySQL conference. In this part I'll focus on the technical substance of talks I saw, and didn't see.More than ever before I was a contributor...
View ArticleSlides and spreadsheets for my MySQL High Availability tutorial
Good morning Percona Live visitors! Attached to this post you can find a spreadsheet (both LibreOffice or Excel, as you prefer) that you can use towards the end of my tutorial. I've also attached the...
View ArticleSlides from Spatial functions in MySQL 5.6, MariaDB 5.5, PostGIS 2.0 and...
Slides from my Percona Live talk evaluating the new spatial features in MySQL 5.6 and MariaDB 5.5 are now online. This is new material I have never presented before. It is based on work I have done in...
View Article5 years of MySQL
5 years of MySQLPeople often write a blog post when they reach some nice anniversary since they joined MySQL community. Well, for those old enough it usually means when they joined MySQL AB as...
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