{"id":2560,"date":"2012-10-24T01:48:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T06:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2012-10-24T01:48:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T06:48:43","slug":"show-contributors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/10\/24\/show-contributors","title":{"rendered":"SHOW CONTRIBUTORS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we (Gerry<\/a>, Lars<\/a>, Serg) had a mini-MySQL’er reunion courtesy of us all speaking at HighLoad++<\/a>. Much thanks to the organizers for bringing us out here so that we could all catch up :)<\/p>\n

We had a chat about how SHOW CONTRIBUTORS got into the code of MySQL as we were giving ideas to HighLoad++ organizers to raise money for charity. I distinctively remember it had something to do with a charity auction at one of the older MySQL User Conferences in Santa Clara. This was when we had quiz shows! And it was at the UC in 2006 for a charity auction where all proceeds got donated to the EFF<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I see than Ronald has it in a presentation<\/a>, and Sheeri was just saving to get married but still shelled out<\/a>. Someone who’s a little quieter in the MySQL community, Frank, has a distinctive writeup<\/a>, who reminded me that I too talked<\/a> about this back then.<\/p>\n

A lot has changed since 2006. SHOW CONTRIBUTORS is now deprecated<\/a>, just like SHOW AUTHORS. As of 5.6.8, it is removed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It will not affect how the database performs, but it certainly affects the “community feel” around MySQL, further cementing the idea that this is now a product at a very large company.<\/p>\n

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