[development] Fundamental MySQL changes in Drupal 6 (six)

[Khalid B]

Reynier

We are discussing one thing in this thread: dropping MySQL 4.0 for Drupal
6.0. We are not discussing when Drupal 5.0 will be out nor which PHP
version are supported.

You can start a new topic for that, and do what Angela did, checking the
web sites of providers and posting a list.

On 11/13/06, ReynierPM <rperezm at estudiantes.uci.cu> wrote:
> What about PHP5? Is the same migration? I mean wich host of this migrate
> from PHP4.x to PHP5.x version?
> Cheers
> El lun, 13-11-2006 a las 11:01 -0500, Angela Byron escribió:
> > On 12-Nov-06, at 3:38 PM, Karoly Negyesi wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > After a little chat with Dries on #drupal :
> > >
> > > The plan is to drop MySQL 4.0 support in Drupal 6.0 (note that free
> > > support already ended for this version of MySQL).
> >
> > I did a survey of some random hosts I found mentioned in the "2006
> > hosting providers evaluations" thread: http://drupal.org/node/46707
> > and the hosting forum.
> >
> > - Dreamhost: 5.0 or 4.1 for older plans (http://wiki.dreamhost.com/
> > index.php/MySQL)
> > - GoDaddy: 4.0.24 (http://help.godaddy.com/article.php?article_id=221)
> > - 1and1: "4" (http://faq.1and1.com/scripting_languages_supported/
> > mysql_database/1.html) - anyone can confirm this?
> > - NearlyFreeSpeech.net: 4.1.x (https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/) -
> > props for not making me have to hunt around for this info!
> > - Netfirms:  4.1 (http://www.netfirms.com/web-hosting-advantage-
> > compare/zone/advantage)
> > - Total Choice Hosting: 4.0.12 (http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/
> > help/faqs.html)
> > - Servage.net: "v4 & v5" (http://www.servage.net/page/hosting_features/)
> > - Media Temple: 4.1.11 (http://www.mediatemple.net/webhosting/gs/)
> > - Site5: "MySQL 4+" (http://www.site5.com/hosting/) -- could someone
> > confirm which version they run?
> > - AllCheapWeb.com - 4.0.24 (http://help.securepaynet.net/article.php?
> > article_id=221&topic_id=67&prog_id=allcheapweb&)
> > - Siteground: 4.1.21 (http://www.siteground.com/hosting_features.htm)
> > - TextDrive: 4.1 (http://textdrive.com/hosting/shared)
> >
> > So of that list of 12, 3 are still using 4.0.x, and a couple more are
> > ambiguous.
> >
> > Just some data that might or might not be worth factoring into this
> > decision.
> >
> > -Angie
> >
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