# MySQL Versioning Scheme

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-versioning-scheme/1516>\
**Category:** Other MySQL® Questions\
**Created:** [September 26, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-versioning-scheme/1516 "2010-09-26T23:17:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![hi\_irf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@hi\_irf](https://forums.percona.com/u/hi_irf)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-versioning-scheme/1516/1 "2010-09-26T23:17:17Z")

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I am curious to know the versioning system of MySQL. What’s going behind the scene? Can someone please let me know the documentation to understand logic behind MySQL versioning system?

Like after MySQL 5.1, sun released MySQL 5.5 skipped number in between 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4. Also wish to get to know about minor release numbers e.g. 5.1.30, 5.1.31 etc.

What are the logics/reasons behind? I want to grasp MySQL versioning scheme.

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**Author:** ![hi\_irf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@hi\_irf](https://forums.percona.com/u/hi_irf)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-versioning-scheme/1516/2 "2010-10-08T01:48:02Z")

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can someone please help me out on this.

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**Author:** ![sterin71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@sterin71](https://forums.percona.com/u/sterin71)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-versioning-scheme/1516/3 "2010-10-08T17:23:09Z")

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Read this: Choosing Version