Mysql will still offer windows binaries
By Justin Silverton
In a recent article, I wrote about how mysql will no longer provide binaries for windows. This isn’t true. In a recent article Here, the full story is explained:
“Contrary to some reports in the community, MySQL will continue providing binaries both for Windows and other operating systems. All our download pages, including those for MySQL 5.0, have binaries today, and will continue to have them.
The source-only releases we introduced with 5.0.33 (and will continue to provide in the future)are just in addition to the binary-and-source releases. The current latest binary-and-source MySQL Community Server release is 5.0.27, and I expect MySQL 5.0.35 Community Server to be released as binary-and-source within a month, both for Windows and our other platforms. This is as we always planned it, and tried to communicate it. I am sorry our communication has not been clear enough. “
Here is part of the original post/announcement: “We refer to our reference manual, especially the chapter 2.4.14. MySQL Installation Using a Source Distribution when it comes to building MySQL Community Server. At the same time, I want to point out that the service of providing MySQL Enterprise Server binaries is something we do for our paying customers, in the form of the MySQL Enterprise Server subscription, starting at 595 dollars a year”
The Enterprise edition of mysql will not have the binaries available without purchase, but the community edition will still have the latest source and binaries available in future releases. Also of note is that the next release of the mysl community edition that will have binaries available is 5.0.35.
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Thanks Justin for the clarification! While writing my clarification, I also improved upon the paragraph you refer to in the original statement, so that it now says
“Providing and verifying *frequent* binaries is a paid-for service for those who want to spent money to save time. *That said, MySQL continues to provide new community binaries from time to time, as said in item 1 above.*” (where the *items between asterisks* are new).
FYI, the “item 1″ I refer to started with saying “MySQL 5.0 Community Server sources and binaries are available from our download pages.” I do confess though, that the paragraph you quote, on its own and before *my edits with asterisks*, was very misleading. Sorry about that!
Kaj Arnö
VP Community
MySQL AB