How/when will you release updates?

We are using the following policy when updating MySQL:

Each minor update will increment the last number in the version string. When there are major new features or minor incompatibilities with previous versions, the second number in the version string will be incremented. When the file format changes the first number will be increased.

• Stable tested releases are meant to appear about 1-2 times a year. But if small bugs are found, a release with only bug-fixes will be released.
• Working releases are meant to appear about every 1-8 weeks.
• Binary releases for some platforms will be made for major releases by us. Other people may make binary releases for other systems but probably less frequently.
• We usually make patches available as soon as we have located and fixed small bugs.
• For non-critical but annoying bugs, we will make patches available if they are sent to us. Otherwise we will combine many of them into a bigger patch.

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