Re: MySQLcc special keys bug

Jim McAtee wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Stephens" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 5:35 PM
> Subject: Re: MySQLcc special keys bug
> 
> 
>>> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:19:31 +0100
>>> To:  [email protected]
>>> From: denys <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: MySQLcc special keys bug
>>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>>>
>>> Hi all!
>>> I'm runnig MySQL Control Center on WinXP and I have a bug when typing 
>>> some keys. This occurs everytime I hit
>>> the Delete key, Home, directionnal keys, ...  It writes a '^' where 
>>> the cursor is, and then the key takes effect.
>>> It's a really annoying thing, so if someone have an idea about how to 
>>> solve it...
>>
>>
>> MyCC is no longer being developed.
>>
>> You should consider switching to MySQL Administrator and MySQL Query 
>> Browser.
> 
> 
> 
> And what does he do if he's managing a 3.x server and encounters the 
> following dire warning upon making a connection in MySQL Administrator?
> 
> "You are connecting to an MySQL 3.x server. The MySQL GUI tools only 
> support MySQL servers 4.0 and higher. Using this tool with a 3.s sever 
> might result in unexpected behaviour."
> 
> This needs to be addressed.  Is this "unexpected behaviour" capable of 
> damaging or corrupting a MySQL 3.x database?  There are enough bugs and 
> unexpected behavior in the abandoned MySQL CC tool that unexpected 
> behaviour in itself has become "expected".
> 
> 
> 

Hi Jim,

I don't speak for the company on this, and perhaps someone else may 
correct me or have more to offer than I do, but there's not even been a 
3.23 maintenance release in over a year, and 4.0 has been considered 
suitable for production since March of 2003. Given the amount of change 
that's taken place in MySQL since then, that's practically an eternity. 
Non-commercial users should have upgraded by now. Those whose have 
business needs for continuing to use outdated products can either do 
their own bugfixes or buy support from MySQL AB.

As for MyCC, you said it yourself -- it's abandoned. To the best of my 
knowledge, no further time or effort is being invested in development or 
testing of it, nor will there be. My understanding is that -- again, 
just as you say -- there were too many bugs and unexpected behaviours in 
it. I've also been told that the MyCC codebase had grown too unwieldy 
and that, rather than try to overhaul it, the decision was made to start 
fresh. Of course, the Control Centre source code is still available, and 
anyone is welcome to continue development on their own (so long as they 
comply with the terms of the license, of course).

This phenonmenon is hardly unique to MySQL -- it's true of most Open 
Source products and projects. For example, some people may still be 
running their websites on PHP 3, but they're pretty much on their own if 
they do so. They can't expect much help from the PHP developers, who've 
moved on to developing PHP 5 and perhaps providing some additional PHP 4 
mainentance releases in the interim.

I'm sorry if you don't find that a satisfactory answer, but so far as I 
can see, that's just how it is.

IMO, any hassles one might encounter in upgrading are well worth it, 
given the improvements in both MySQL itself, and the new GUI tools vis à 
vis MyCC.

cheers

jon.

-- 
Jon Stephens, Technical Writer
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