Latest versions of MySQL and PostgreSQL?

[Rick Johnson]

Christian Hauser wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I'm wondering why Fedora is not using the latest versions of MySQL 
> (4.0.18) and PostgreSQL (7.4.1).
> 
> I see MySQL version 3.23.58 and PostgreSQL version 7.4 in Fedora Core 2 
> test 1. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> 
> Is there a reason for this? If so, what's the reason?

See archives for the MySQL explination. There's a potential licensing 
conflict - Red Hat has opted to be conservative.

When did PostgreSQL release 7.4.1? FC2 went into feature freeze a couple 
of weeks before Test 1 was released. They may have missed the deadline.

-Rick

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