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MySQL Development Cycle

Abstract

This document explains the MySQL Server development cycle. The purpose of the document is to facilitate community involvement, for example by providing feedback on pre-releases and making contributions to upcoming releases, through explaining how MySQL Server versions are developed.

For legal information, see the Legal Notices.

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Document generated on: 2023-12-22 (revision: 587)

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Table of Contents

1 Preface and Legal Notices

2 Feature Development

3 Feature Testing

4 Performance Testing

5 Lab Releases

6 Development Milestone Releases

7 General Availability (GA) Releases