Red Hat Software Collections supplies the latest, stable versions of development tools and components for Red Hat Enterprise Linux via two release trains per year. As part of the Red Hat Software Collections 3.3 release, we are pleased to announce that MariaDB 10.3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
The new MariaDB Software Collection provides MariaDB 10.3.13, which introduces several new features and bug fixes, including:
- A new
rh-mariadb103-mariadb-java-clientpackage, which provides the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) connector for the MariaDB and MySQL database servers. This connector supports MariaDB and MySQL version 5.5.3 and later, plus JDBC version 4.2, and it requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 8 or 11. - System-versioned tables, which enable you to store a history of changes.
- Invisible columns, which are not listed unless explicitly called.
- A new instant
ADD COLUMNoperation forInnoDB, which does not require the whole table to be rebuilt.
Package name: rh-mariadb103
Container image: rhscl/mariadb-103-rhel7
System support: RHEL 7 for x86_64, s390x, aarch64, ppc64le
About Software Collections
Twice a year, Red Hat distributes new versions of compiler toolsets, scripting languages, open source databases, web tools, etc. so that application developers have access to the latest, stable versions. These Red Hat-supported offerings are packaged as Red Hat Software Collections, Red Hat Developer Toolset with GCC, and the recently added compiler toolsets Clang/LLVM, Go, and Rust. All are yum installable and included in most Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions, and all Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer subscriptions.
Most Red Hat Software Collections and Red Hat Developer Toolset components are also available as Linux container images for hybrid cloud development across Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, and so on.
