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I am plan to do some real application, here i finalized to use mysql as a backend. And my question is Currently which MySQL version is stable. Also want the major pitfalls for MySQL 5.5 if MySQL 5.6 is stable. Please share your views here. Any commands would be appreciated.

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  • Surely all of this should have gone into the mix to help you decide on MySQL.
    – user9517
    Apr 18, 2013 at 11:17
  • I don't really understand why you would ask "Currently which MySQL version is stable" and wait for an answer rather than just looking on the MySQL website and getting the answer straight away.
    – dunxd
    Apr 18, 2013 at 14:37

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Use whatever version is in your distro's package repo. Seriously. Unless you have very specific needs that require you to run the absolute newest stable, just use your distribution's packaged MySQL.

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  • What if he's running an unstable distro?
    – user67717
    Apr 18, 2013 at 11:19
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    Well then by definition, no MySQL he runs on it will ever be stable.
    – EEAA
    Apr 18, 2013 at 11:20
  • What if he's running a stable distro but they push out a bug fix for MySQL. Doesn't the fact that MySQL changed contradict the idea that it is stable?
    – user67717
    Apr 18, 2013 at 11:25
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    No, not at all. "stable" doesn't mean "immutable". Rather, it means that it had passed the most rigorous battery of tests they can throw at it, and that it has been run by users in the "unstable" branch for some time without any issues.
    – EEAA
    Apr 18, 2013 at 11:28

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