fc1 : Which mysql version?

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 11 July 2004 04:44, Dave Pawson wrote:
>Moving an install over from windows;
>
>Confused over which rpm to select.
>yum install gets me 3.23.58
>mysql.com has 4.0.20 (for 'Linux (x86, libc6))
>and 'Linux x86 RPM downloads' for 4.0.20 Server and client.
>
>The provided documentation with 3.23.58
>mentions version 4 server and client as if it were the
>version for which the documentation exists.
>
>I'm confused :-)
>
>Any guidance please.
>
>From what I can recall, it seems that mysql has changed the license to 
something that clashes with the GPL, and the new version is no longer 
being distributed by the linux vendors for this reason.  Can you use 
postgresql?  Its as good in my limited experience, and is also being 
actively maintained.

>Standard Fedora core 1 installation.
>
>TIA, DaveP

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