Changes in release 3.20.0
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* The source distribution is done with `configure' and Automake. It
will make porting much easier. The `readline' library is included
in the distribution.
* Separate client compilation: the client code should be very easy
to compile on systems which don't have threads.
* The old Perl interface code is automatically compiled and
installed. Automatic compiling of `DBD' will follow when the new
`DBD' code is ported.
* Dynamic language support: `mysqld' can now be started with Swedish
or English (default) error messages.
* New functions: `INSERT()', `RTRIM()', `LTRIM()' and `FORMAT()'.
* `mysqldump' now works correctly for all field types (even
`AUTO_INCREMENT'). The format for `SHOW FIELDS FROM tbl_name' is
changed so the `Type' column contains information suitable for
`CREATE TABLE'. In previous releases, some `CREATE TABLE'
information had to be patched when re-creating tables.
* Some parser bugs from 3.19.5 (`BLOB' and `TIMESTAMP') are
corrected. `TIMESTAMP' now returns different date information
depending on its create length.
* Changed parser to allow a database, table or field name to start
with a number or `'_''.
* All old C code from Unireg changed to C++ and cleaned up. This
makes the daemon a little smaller and easier to understand.
* A lot of small bug fixes done.
* New `INSTALL' files (not final version) and some information
regarding porting.