Percona Server for MySQL 5.6Percona announces the release of Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.19-17 on August 31, 2017. Download the latest version from the Percona web site or the Percona Software Repositories. You can also run Docker containers from the images in the Docker Hub repository.

Based on MySQL 5.7.19, and including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.19-17 is now the current GA release in the Percona Server for MySQL 5.7 series. Percona Server for MySQL is open-source and free – this is the latest release of our enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL. Complete details of this release are available in the 5.7.19-17 milestone on Launchpad.

NOTE: Percona software no longer supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (including CentOS 5 and other derivatives), Ubuntu 12.04 and older versions. These platforms have reached end of life, won’t be updated and are not recommended for use in production.

 

New Features

  • Included the Percona MyRocks storage engine

    NOTE: MyRocks for Percona Server is currently experimental and not recommended for production deployments until further notice. You are encouraged to try it in a testing environment and provide feedback or report bugs.

  • #1708087: Added the mysql-helpers script to handle checking for missing datadir during startup. Also fixes #1635364.

Platform Support

  • Stopped providing packages for Ubuntu 12.04 due to its end of life.

Bugs Fixed

  • #1669414: Fixed handling of failure to set O_DIRECT on parallel doublewrite buffer file.
  • #1705729: Fixed the postinst script to correctly locate the datadir. Also fixes #1698019.
  • #1709811: Fixed yum upgrade to not enable the mysqld service if it was disabled before the upgrade.
  • #1709834: Fixed the mysqld_safe script to correctly locate the basedir.
  • Other fixes: #1698996, #1706055, #1706262, #1706981

TokuDB Changes

  • TDB-70: Removed redundant fsync of TokuDB redo log during binlog group commit flush stage. This fixes issue that prevented TokuDB to run in reduced durability mode when the binlog was enabled.
  • TDB-72: Fixed issue when renaming a table with non-alphanumeric characters in its name.

Release notes for Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.19-17 are available in the online documentation. Please report any bugs on the launchpad bug tracker.

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