You can find more information about the main features and goals of the different MariaDB releases from the following links.
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What is MariaDB 5.1
In short, MariaDB 5.1 is a binary drop in replacement of MySQL 5.1, but wit... -
What is MariaDB 5.2
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What is MariaDB 5.3
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What is MariaDB 5.5
MariaDB 5.5 is MariaDB 5.3 + MySQL 5.5 plus a few minor extensions: Improve... -
Plans for 5.6
The following is a list of features considered for 5.6. As soon as 5.3/5.5... -
MariaDB Roadmap
The goal of MariaDB is for it to be a practical database developed in the ... -
Plans
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Release Notes
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Changelogs
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MariaDB versus MySQL - Compatibility2
MariaDB is a binary drop in replacement for MySQL For all practical purpos... -
MariaDB versus MySQL - Features
More Storage Engines In addition to the standard MyISAM, Blackhole, CSV, Me... -
Partitioning
Hi, I would like to know if you support table partitioning in MariaDB and,... -
Index Condition Pushdown
Index Condition Pushdown is an optimization that is applied for access met... -
MariaDB 5.3 control variables
@@join_cache_level variable controls whether BKA is used. It's values are ... -
Multi Range Read optimization
Multi Range Read is an optimization aimed at improving performance for IO-... -
MariaDB 5.3 documentation
See What is MariaDB 5.3
