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18116	Drop support for MySQL versions < 5.0.3	Ramiro Morales	nobody	"The idea is to drop support of MySQL 4.x (and perhaps 5.0?) for Django 1.5. See:


- [http://www.mysql.com/support/eol-notice.html MySQL Product Support EOL Announcements]
- [http://www.mysql.com/support/supportedplatforms/database.html Supported Platforms: MySQL Database]
- [http://www.mysql.com/support/ MySQL Technical Support]

The first document list the following relevant dates:

* January 9, 2012 -- Per Oracle's Lifetime Support policy, MySQL 5.0 is now covered under Oracle Sustaining Support.

* 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.

* December 31, 2009 -- 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.
"	Cleanup/optimization	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	dev	Normal	fixed			Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0