Hello MonetDB users and developers,

a new release candidate "MonetDB_4-3-16_rc06" is available on SourceForge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/monetdb/).

Changes since the last release candidate "MonetDB_4-3-16_rc04" are mainly bug fixes and performance improvements; for details, see the change log in the monetdb-changelogs mailing list (http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/monetdb-changelogs).

Please use the new release candidate and report any related bugs or problems through the SourceForge bug tracker (https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=56967&atid=482468).

Downloads =========

MonetDB-Setup-4.3.16_rc06.zip ----------------------------- This is a zip file which contains a file Setup.exe which is the Windows installer. Extract the zip file somewhere, and start Setup.exe to install MonetDB. This installer also contains the SQL frontend which is automatically installed. Once installed, you can find shortcuts to the SQL server and SQL client in the Start menu.

[ The following packages do not (yet) include the SQL frontend. ] [ Respective packages for the SQL frontend will be available soon. ]

MonetDB-*-4.3.16_rc06-1.*.rpm ----------------------------- These rpm's contain the binary distribution for Linux. The *.athlon.rpm were built on a RedHat-9 system and the *.i686.rpm were built on a SuSE-8.0 system; however, both should work on other Linux distributions as well (unless there are incompatibilities with dynamically linked system libraries...). The *.athlon.rpm should also work on a i686 machine, and vice versa, though you might need to overrule rpm's architecture check using "--ignorearch". While the MonetDB-client--4.3.16_rc06-1.*.rpm can be installed stand-alone, the MonetDB-server-4.3.16_rc06-1.*.rpm requires the matching MonetDB-client--4.3.16_rc06-1.*.rpm to be installed as well. To develop your own add-on modules, you additionally need to install the MonetDB-devel-4.3.16_rc06-1.*.rpm.

MonetDB-4.3.16_rc06.tar.gz -------------------------- This is a gzip'ed tar file containing the source code; read HowToStart or HowToStart-Win32.txt for build instructions.

CVS update ==========

If you are already using the release candidate branch "MonetDB_4-3-16" from CVS, simply run "cvs update -dP" to update your code to this new release candidate version.

If you are using any other CVS version, you can either run "cvs update -dP -rMonetDB_4-3-16_rc06" to get this very release candidate, or "cvs update -dP -rMonetDB_4-3-16" to get the most recent version in the release candidate branch. The difference is, that via the first option, you are "stuck" with this very release candidate, i.e., future "cvs update" (without "-r..." or "-A") will not change your checked-out version; via the second option, however, future "cvs update" will get you again the latest version in the release candidate branch.

Enjoy!

Stefan