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title: "MariaDB 5.1.53 And 5.2.4 Released"
publish_date: 2010-12-09
author: "MariaDB"
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# MariaDB 5.1.53 And 5.2.4 Released

This past Monday updates in both the 5.1 and 5.2 series of [MariaDB](http://mariadb.org/ "MariaDB") were released. It’s a pretty big deal, as some issues have been solved that affect a large number of users. You should read the release notes for [MariaDB 5.1.53](http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-5153-release-notes "MariaDB 5.1.53") and for [MariaDB 5.2.4](http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-524-release-notes) as well as [the release announcement](http://lists.askmonty.org/pipermail/announce/2010-December/000003.html "the release announcement"). The annoucement contains download links from worldwide mirrors. Speaking of downloads, the 5.2 series has seen a remarkable increase in download totals. Several orders of magnitude, in fact. That’s usually a pretty good sign, so I’ll take it as such. It hopefully means more people are using MariaDB, and when talking about such matters with colleague Colin, he decided to [get nosy with users](https://lists.launchpad.net/maria-discuss/msg00288.html "get nosy with users"). Satisfy Colin’s morbid curiosity, would you? Alright, mine too. If you want to write an epic poem about your everlasting love for MariaDB, enduring hatred of it, or anything in between, you could sing it to Colin next week if you’re going to [FOSS.in](http://foss.in/ "FOSS.in"). Be sure to find Colin if you’re a MariaDB, [MySQL](http://www.mysql.com/ "MySQL"), or general DB wonk. Enjoy the new releases!