Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/NET 8.0.15 is the third version to support
Entity Framework Core 2.1 and the fifth general availability release
of MySQL Connector/NET to add support for the new X DevAPI, which
enables application developers to write code that combines the
strengths of the relational and document models using a modern,
NoSQL-like syntax that does not assume previous experience writing traditional SQL.

To learn more about how to write applications using the X DevAPI, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/x-devapi-userguide/en/index.html. For more information about how the X DevAPI is implemented in Connector/NET, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-net. NuGet packages provide functionality at a project level. To get the
full set of features available in Connector/NET such as availability
in the GAC, integration with Visual Studio’s Entity Framework Designer
and integration with MySQL for Visual Studio, installation through
the MySQL Installer or the stand-alone MSI is required.

Please note that the X DevAPI requires at least MySQL Server version
8.0 or higher with the X Plugin enabled. For general documentation
about how to get started using MySQL as a document store, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/document-store.html.

To download MySQL Connector/NET 8.0.15, see
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/

Installation instructions can be found at
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-installation.html
Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 8.0.15 (2019-02-01)
Bugs Fixed

* The client library has been modified to initialize the
MySqlBulkLoader class with the local-infile capability
disabled by default (see Using the BulkLoader Class
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-programming-bulk-loader.html)).
(Bug #29259767)

On Behalf of MySQL Release Engineering Team,
Surabhi Bhat