Re: why not use a repo?

We already distribute 5.1 in Ubuntu distributions. Once 5.2 is goes =
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out of beta we will do the same.


On Dec 1, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Carl Karsten wrote:

>> Please get your copy from our Download
>> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/
>
> That does not give you away to download the beta.
>
> If you don't pay attention, you get
>
> mysql-workbench-oss-5.1.18a-1ubu904-amd64.deb
>
> "Error: A later version is already installed"
>
> Will someone explain again why this isn't in a repo?  downloading
> binaries from an FTP mirror is so 1900's.  Not being able to downlo=
ad
> is so home grown.  can we blame Oracle?
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Johannes Taxacher
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dear MySQL Users,
>>
>> We are proud to announce public Beta 2 of MySQL Workbench 5.2.
>>
>> We want to thank all the people who tried MySQL Workbench 5.2 =
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>> alphas and
>> beta 1 and helped us out by filing bugs and providing valuable =
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>> feedback.
>> The team has put in an all out effort to fix those reported bugs =
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>> and enhance
>> performance.
>>
>> This build includes fixes for 54 bugs - 18 P1, 19 P2, 13 P3 and 2 =
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>> P4 =96 as
>> well as a few new features and some added fine tuning.
>>
>> MySQL Workbench 5.2 Beta 2 provides:
>>
>>  1. Data Modeling
>>  2. Query (upgrade from MySQL Query Browser)
>>  3. Admin (upgrade from MySQL Administrator)
>>
>> If you are a current user of MySQL Query Browser or MySQL =20
>> Administrator, we
>> look forward to your feedback on all the new capabilities we are =
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>> delivering
>> in a single unified MySQL Workbench
>>
>> As always, you will find binaries for the various platforms on our=
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>> download
>> pages.
>>
>> Please get your copy from our Download
>>
>>  http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/
>>
>> To get started quickly, please take a look at this short tutorial.
>>
>> MySQL Workbench 5.2 Beta Tutorial
>>
>>  http://wb.mysql.com/?p=3D406
>>
>> Please be aware that this release is the initial a beta version =
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>> so please
>> don=92t use it on your production servers! Also note, MySQL Workbe=
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>> files
>> saved with version 5.2 cannot be opened with previous versions of =
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>> program.
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>> The files for several platforms have been pushed to our main serve=
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>> should be available on our mirrors.
>>
>> Blog postings and general information =96 including build =20
>> instructions for
>> Linux =96 can be found on our Workbench Developer Central site.
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>> Workbench Developer Central
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>>  http://wb.mysql.com
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>> If you need any additional info or help please get in touch with u=
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>> Again, thank you for trying out the Workbench beta, we look forwar=
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>> to your
>> feedback and bug reports.
>>
>> - The MySQL Workbench Team
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