MySQL Product Support EOL Announcements

February 5, 2013

Support EOL for the following Platforms

Per the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy regarding ending support for OS versions that are obsolete, have reached end of life, or have little usage pattern, we plan to discontinue building MySQL binaries (Community, Enterprise, and Commercial) for the following platforms.

As of February 5, 2013, the following platforms are EOL.

Vendor EOL'd and outdated platforms:

• Oracle Solaris v9
  Oracle announcement of EOL of Solaris v9

January 7, 2013

Support EOL for the following Platforms

Per the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy regarding ending support for OS versions that are obsolete, have reached end of life, or have little usage pattern, we plan to discontinue building MySQL binaries (Community, Enterprise, and Commercial) for the following platforms.

As of January 7, 2013, the following platforms are EOL.

Vendor EOL'd and outdated platforms:

• Oracle Linux v4
• RedHat Enterprise Linux v3, v4
  Red Hat announced version 3 has past "End of Production 3 End of Regular Life Cycle" as of Oct 31, 2010 (https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/).
  Red Hat announced version 4 has past "End of Production 3 End of Regular Life Cycle" as of Feb 29, 2012 (https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/).
• CentOS v4
  CentOS EOL announced February, 2012 (http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-December/018285.html)
• SuSE Enterprise Linux v9
  SuSE EOL announced July, 2009 (see ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/linux/NovellSLESLifeCycle.pdf)
• Debian v4, v5
  Debian EOL announced February, 2012 (http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120209)
• FreeBSD v6, v7
  FreeBSD EOL announcements (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/)
• Apple Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5

Our platform support continues to evolve and we recently added following platforms:

• New - Windows 8, x86 and x86_64
• New - Windows Server 2012, x86 and x86_64
• Stay tuned for additional platforms and packages

Source and binaries for previously released versions will continue to be available from archives.

MySQL will continue to provide commercial support for existing customers in accordance with Oracle's Lifetime Support Policy.

As always, thanks for your continued support of MySQL!

June 14, 2012

Support EOL for MySQL Connector/MXJ

Due to very low demand, MySQL has stopped development and support for Connector/MXJ. Source and binaries for previously released versions will continue to be available from archives.

March 8, 2012

MySQL Connector/Net 6.3 Support EOL

MySQL Connector/Net 6.5 was released for General Availability on March 8, 2012. Support for MySQL Connector/Net 6.3 has now ended. Current Connector/Net 6.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to Connector/Net 6.5 for the most current feature set and bug fixes.

January 9, 2012

MySQL 5.0 covered under Oracle Lifetime Sustaining Support

Per Oracle's Lifetime Support policy, MySQL 5.0 is now covered under Oracle Sustaining Support.

Users are encouraged to upgrade to MySQL 5.5.

April 21, 2011

Support EOL for Intel Itanium (IA64)

Due to very low demand, MySQL will discontinue support for Intel Itanium (IA64) on April 30, 2011.

Support EOL for Intel Itanium (IA64) applies to:

• Microsoft Windows (Win XP, Win 2003, Win Vista, Win 7, etc.) on Intel Itanium
• Linux (RedHat, Oracle, SuSE, etc.) on Intel Itanium
• HP-UX on Intel Itanium

MySQL will continue to provide commercial support for existing customers on Itanium-based servers in accordance with Oracle's Lifetime Support Policy.

March 1, 2011

MySQL Enterprise Monitor Support EOL for the following platforms

Per the Oracle/MySQL Support Lifecycle policy regarding ending support for OS versions that are obsolete, have reached end of life, or have little usage pattern, we plan to discontinue building MySQL Enterprise Monitor agent binaries for the following platforms.

Effective March 7, 2011 these platforms will no longer be supported for MySQL Enterprise Monitor versions 2.3.3 and higher:

Vendor EOL'd and outdated platforms

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
• Microsoft Windows 2000
• SUSE Enterprise Linux v7
• Mac OS X for PowerPC
• Solaris 8
• OpenSolaris
• HP-UX 11.11
• FreeBSD 6
• Debian 3.1
• Fedora Core 4

Low demand platforms

• IBM AIX 5.3

Due to very low demand and according to IBM an April-2011 EOM (see http://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycleapp/PLCDetail.wss?synkey=E275996K38397L94-J526041L68492N04-Q513879J82296G35) this distribution has been dropped.

* IBM i 5.4 and 6.1

Due to very low demand and according to IBM a 5.4 Jan-07-2011 EOM (see http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/suptschedule.html) these distributions have been dropped.

January 10, 2011

Support Ending for Windows 2000

Per the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy regarding ending support for OS versions that are obsolete or have reached end of life, we plan to discontinue supporting all MySQL binaries for Microsoft Windows 2000 as of January 6, 2011. According to Microsoft, extended support for Windows 2000 ended July 13, 2010.

December 7, 2010

Support EOL for the following Platforms

Per the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy regarding ending support for OS versions that are obsolete, have reached end of life, or have little usage pattern, we plan to discontinue building MySQL binaries (Community, Enterprise, and Commercial) for the following platforms.

As of January 1, 2011, these platforms will no longer be supported for MySQL versions 5.0 and higher.

• Redhat Enterprise Linux v3
  According to Redhat version 3 is has past "End of Production 3 End of Regular Life Cycle" as of Oct 31, 2010 (see https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/).
• SUSE Enterprise Linux v9
  According to SUSE, the SLES General Support End Date was July 2009 (see ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/linux/NovellSLESLifeCycle.pdf) and for OpenSUSE (see http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-03/msg00001.html)
• OpenSUSE v 9
  According to opensuse,org, OpenSUSE, SUSE Linux 9.3 has been discontinued (see http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-03/msg00001.html)
• IBM AIX 5.3
  Due to very low demand and according to IBM an April-2011 EOM (see http://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycleapp/PLCDetail.wss?synkey=E275996K38397L94-J526041L68492N04-Q513879J82296G35) this distribution has been dropped.
• IBM i 5.4 and 6.1
  Due to very low demand and according to IBM a 5.4 Jan-07-2011 EOM (see http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/suptschedule.html) these distributions have been dropped.
• Linux Generic RPM built with icc (Intel compiler)
  Due to low demand the general Linux RPM distribution created with the icc Intel compiler has been dropped.
  Note: The gcc build is the preferred alternative.

Our platform support continues to evolve and we recently added following platforms to our officially supported list.

• New - Fedora 12, x86 and x86_64
• New - FreeBSD 8, x86 and x86_64
• Stay tuned for additional platforms and packages

Old releases for the EOLed platforms listed above remain available for download and we will continue to provide source code and limited support for customers who wish to build MySQL 5.1 and higher on these platforms. Please see the MySQL Support Policies for more information.

As always, thanks for your continued support of MySQL!

November 10, 2010

Support Ending for FreeBSD 6

Per the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy regarding ending support for OS versions that are obsolete or have reached end of life, we plan to discontinue supporting MySQL binaries (Community, Enterprise, and Commercial) for FreeBSD 6 as of 2010-Nov-30. According to the FreeBSD Organization support for the FreeBSD 6.x stable branch will also cease on November 30, 2010.

May 25, 2010

Support EOL for Debian 3.1 ends on June 1, 2010

Per the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy regarding ending support for OS versions that are obsolete or have reached end of life, we plan to discontinue supporting MySQL binaries (Community, Enterprise, and Commercial) for Debian 3.1 as of June 1, 2010. According to the Debian Project, Debian 3.1 is now "obsolete" (see http://www.debian.org/releases/)

Our platform support continues to evolve and as such we are also adding Debian 5 to our officially supported platform list.

January 4, 2010

Support EOL for Low Usage Platforms

Per the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy regarding ending support for OS versions that have little usage pattern, we plan to discontinue building MySQL binaries (Community, Enterprise, and Commercial) for the following platforms.

As of February 1, 2010, these platforms will no longer be supported for MySQL versions 5.0 and higher.

• Mac OS X for PowerPC
  Due to low demand and fading vendor support. Note: Apple has dropped support for PowerPC in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Dropping PowerPC also falls in line with many other vendors such as Adobe. MySQL will focus on added support for latest Mac OS X releases
• Linux Generic RPM for PowerPC
  Due to very low demand this general Linux distribution has been dropped.
• Linux Generic RPM built with icc (Intel compiler) for Itanium
  Due to low demand and technical issues the general Linux RPM distribution created with the icc Intel compiler has been dropped.
  Note: The gcc build for Itanium is recommended as the preferred alternative.
• Generic Linux Build for S/390
  Due to low demand.

Our platform support continues to evolve and we recently added following platforms to our officially supported list.

• New - Windows 7, x86 and x86_64
• New - Mac OS X 10.6, x86 and x86_64
• New - HP-UX 11.31, Itanium build
• New - SLES 11, x86 and x64

Old releases for the EOLed platforms listed above remain available for download from the MySQL Customer Support Center and we will continue to provide source code and limited support for customers who wish to build MySQL 5.0 and higher on these platforms. Please see the MySQL Support Policies for more information.

As always, thanks for your continued support of MySQL!

December 31, 2009

MySQL 4.1 Extended Support ended on December 31, 2009

Per the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy, extended support for MySQL 4.1 ended on December 31, 2009. MySQL users are encouraged to upgrade to a current production release of MySQL. Customers needing upgrade assisitance should contact MySQL Support.

Please see the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy for more information.

December 31, 2009

MySQL 5.0 Active Support ended on December 31, 2009 - Now in Extended Support Phase

Per the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy, active support for MySQL 5.0 ended on December 31, 2009. MySQL 5.0 is now in the Extended support phase.

Please see the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy for more information.

December 18, 2009

EOL of MySQL Query Browser, MySQL Administrator, MySQL Migration Toolkit

With the beta releases of MySQL Workbench 5.2 well under way, we are announcing the EOL of the MySQL GUI Tools Bundle.

The MySQL Tools team has been working on MySQL Workbench 5.2 to give DBAs and developers an integrated tools environment for:

• Database Design & Modeling
• SQL Development (replacing MySQL Query Browser)
• Database Administration (replacing MySQL Administrator)

MySQL Workbench 5.2 also provides:

• Remote Administration (using SSH-Tunneling)
• Python scripting and plugins
• Native GUI for Windows, Mac, Linux

A future release of MySQL Workbench (post 5.2) will add a migration plugin, providing features comparable to the MySQL Migration Toolkit component of the MySQL GUI Tools Bundle. The MySQL Support team will continue to provide technical assistance for MySQL Migration Toolkit until such migration support functionality is released in MySQL Workbench, but no new development or bug fixes will be provided against the existing MySQL Migration Toolkit product.

MySQL Support will continue to answer questions and provide assistance related to MySQL GUI Tools Bundle, as well as assist our customers in upgrading from those tools to MySQL Workbench 5.2 until June 30, 2010.

Starting Dec 18, 2009, MySQL will no longer accept bug reports submitted against the MySQL GUI Tools Bundle, and existing bug reports against these tools will no longer be worked on. Users should instead download, use, and submit bug reports (where necessary) against MySQL Workbench. Downloads of the MySQL GUI Tools Bundle will remain available, but will be moved into the MySQL Archives location.

Users should begin planning to upgrade to MySQL Workbench 5.2 GA.

March 24, 2009

Support Ending for AIX 5.2

Per the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy regarding ending support for OS versions that have reached vendor end of life, we plan to discontinue building or supporting MySQL binaries for AIX 5.2 as of 2009-April-30. See IBM EOS (End of Support).

Please see the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy for more information.

December 1, 2008

MySQL 4.0 Extended Support ends on December 31, 2008

Per the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy, extended support for MySQL 4.0 ends on December 31, 2008. MySQL users are encouraged to upgrade to a current production release of MySQL. Customers needing upgrade assisitance should contact MySQL Support.

Please see the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy for more information.

October 15, 2008

Support EOL for Vendor/Low Usage Platforms

Per the MySQL Support Lifecycle policy regarding ending support for OS versions that have reached vendor end of life or that have little to no usage pattern, we plan to discontinue building MySQL binaries (Community, Enterprise, and Commercial) for version 4.1 effective 2008-Dec-31 and version 5.0 effective 2009-Dec-31 for the following OS versions.

These OS versions will not be supported for MySQL versions 5.1 and higher.

• HP-UX 11.00
• MAC OSX 10.3
• SCO OpenServer (all versions)
• QNX (all versions)

We will continue to provide source code and support for customers who wish to build MySQL 4.1 and higher on these and other specific OS versions. Please see the MySQL Support Policies for more information.

As always, thanks for your continued support of MySQL!