Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Python 2.1.6 GA is a fourth GA version of 2.1 release
series of the pure Python database driver for MySQL. It can be used for
production environments.

MySQL Connector/Python version 2.1.6 GA is compatible with MySQL Server
versions 5.5 and greater. Python 2.6 and greater as well as Python 3.3
and greater are supported. Python 2.4, 2.5 and 3.1, 3.2 are not
supported.

MySQL Connector/Python 2.1.6 is available for download from:

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/#downloads

The ChangeLog file included in the distribution contains a brief summary
of changes in MySQL Connector/Python 2.1.6. For a more complete list of
changes, see below or online at:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-python/en/

Enjoy!

Changes in MySQL Connector/Python 2.1.6 (2017-04-18, General
Availability)

Functionality Added or Changed

* An ssl-cipher option is now supported for specifying the
encryption cipher for secure connections. (Bug #22545879,
Bug #78186)

Bugs Fixed

* Compatibility issues with Django 1.9 were corrected. (Bug
#25726671)

* The fix for Bug #22529828 caused Python 2.7 to be unable
to insert binary data. (Bug #25589496, Bug #85100)
References: This issue is a regression of: Bug #22529828.

* Some SQL statements that worked using pure Python failed
with the Connector/Python C Extension enabled. (Bug
#25558885)

* Connector/Python produced no error or warning if the
server certificate was expired. (Bug #25397650)

* If an exception reset the underlying session, connections
in a connection pooled could become unavailable to the
pool. (Bug #25383644, Bug #84476)

* Methods for filtering time and datetime fields were
changed in Django 1.9 from value_to_db_datetime to
adapt_datetimefield_value and from value_to_db_time to
adapt_timefield_value. Proxy methods with the previous
names were added to Connector/Python ensure
compatibility. Thanks to Brian Tyndall for the patch.
(Bug #25349918, Bug #84410)

* Extra encapsulation was removed from the get_constraints
method for the foreign_key parameter. Thanks to Brian
Tyndall for the patch. (Bug #25349912, Bug #84409)

* Connector/Python added support for a database backend API
change introduced in Django 1.9 for the bulk_insert_sql
method. Thanks to Brian Tyndall for the patch. (Bug
#25349897, Bug #84408)

* Loading the world sample database worked using pure
Python but failed with the Connector/Python C Extension
enabled. (Bug #22476689, Bug #79780)

* If the output from the mysql_config –include command
included more than one directory, the C Extension failed
to compile. (Bug #20736339, Bug #76350)

On Behalf of the MySQL/ORACLE RE Team,
-Sreedhar S