Re: MySQL 4.x status

[Joe Orton <jorton redhat com>]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 05:24:09PM +0000, Joe Orton wrote:
> As some noticed, MySQL 4.1.7 is now in Raw Hide.  The FLOSS exception is
> as yet not acceptable to our legal folks (that work is ongoing) so the
> LGPL-licensed 3.x client libraries and headers are still being included
> and any applications under GPL-incompatible licenses are being adjusted
> to use them.

Further to this, issues with the FLOSS exception have now been resolved
so e.g. php-5.0.2-8 is now finally linked against the MySQL 4.1 client
library.

Regards,

joe