Eliminate a gcc compiler bug in inlining


innobase/btr/btr0sea.c:
  Eliminate a gcc compiler bug in inlining

  Make os_file_flush to ignore the error we get from a raw device in fsync


innobase/os/os0file.c:
  Make os_file_flush to ignore the error we get from a raw device in fsync

  Changed default of file_io_threads to 4 and lock_wait_timeout to 50 seconds
  Added a missing break: if not specified, innodb_fast_shutdown got the same value as ..flush_log_at_trx commit


sql/mysqld.cc:
  Changed default of file_io_threads to 4 and lock_wait_timeout to 50 seconds

  Print progress info of the applying log records to the database phase in recovery
srv0srv.c:
  Do buffer pool flush and checkpoints more often to make recovery faster


innobase/srv/srv0srv.c:
  Do buffer pool flush and checkpoints more often to make recovery faster
innobase/log/log0recv.c:
  Print progress info of the applying log records to the database phase in recovery

  Increase table comment print size to 500 bytes to be able to print more foreign key constraint infos
ha_innobase.h:
  Change max key len back to 500 bytes because MySQL interpreter cannot handle more


sql/ha_innobase.h:
  Change max key len back to 500 bytes because MySQL interpreter cannot handle more
sql/ha_innobase.cc:
  Increase table comment print size to 500 bytes to be able to print more foreign key constraint infos

  Allow foreign keys refer between fixed and var length strings


innobase/rem/rem0cmp.c:
  Allow foreign keys refer between fixed and var length strings
innobase/include/data0type.ic:
  Allow foreign keys refer between fixed and var length strings

  Lower max key len to 3500 bytes because a secondary index record must also contain the primary key value


sql/ha_innobase.h:
  Lower max key len to 3500 bytes because a secondary index record must also contain the primary key value

  Make sure no memory overrun of key buffer in range estimation


sql/ha_innobase.cc:
  Make sure no memory overrun of key buffer in range estimation

Docs/manual.texi:
  Changelog
mysql-test/r/innodb.result:
  Update results after InnoDB optimizer changes.

  Allow equal key values in a unique secondary index if the key value contains an SQL NULL


innobase/row/row0ins.c:
  Allow equal key values in a unique secondary index if the key value contains an SQL NULL

  Add warnings to recovery in some cases where log file might be corrupt and consequently recovery can be trusted less than normally


innobase/log/log0recv.c:
  Add warnings to recovery in some cases where log file might be corrupt and consequently recovery can be trusted less than normally

instead of DO RELEASE_LOCK()


mysql-test/t/rpl_get_lock.test:
  test for SELECT RELEASE() replication bug

  Add better instructions on how to specify innodb_data_file_path etc.


sql/ha_innobase.cc:
  Add better instructions on how to specify innodb_data_file_path etc.

Docs/manual.texi:
  ChangeLog
sql/gen_lex_hash.cc:
  Safety fix

  Cleanup


innobase/dict/dict0dict.c:
  Cleanup
sql/ha_innobase.cc:
  Cleanup

  Do less statistics calculations for tables
dict0mem.h, row0mysql.c:
  Make calculation of new statistics less frequent, because the statistics in 3.23.44 involves many random disk reads


innobase/include/dict0mem.h:
  Do less statistics calculations for tables
innobase/row/row0mysql.c:
  Do less statistics calculations for tables
innobase/dict/dict0dict.c:
  Do less statistics calculations for tables
innobase/dict/dict0mem.c:
  Do less statistics calculations for tables

  Do not automatically calculate new statistics when a temporary table is used by MySQL in a query. The fact that some ORDER BY queries were slow may have been explained by this unnecessary statistics calculation.


sql/ha_innobase.cc:
  Do not automatically calculate new statistics when a temporary table is used by MySQL in a query. The fact that some ORDER BY queries were slow may have been explained by this unnecessary statistics calculation.

sql/mysqld.cc:
  Auto merged

  Add diagnostic code to find out why foreign key constraint creation sometimes fails


innobase/dict/dict0crea.c:
  Add diagnostic code to find out why foreign key constraint creation sometimes fails

  Remove a theoretical overrun in adaptive hash index building


innobase/include/rem0rec.ic:
  Remove a theoretical overrun in adaptive hash index building

  Eliminate a Purify warning in a multithreaded test: the fields are not protected by a mutex, therefore they can be read uninitialized


innobase/buf/buf0buf.c:
  Eliminate a Purify warning in a multithreaded test: the fields are not protected by a mutex, therefore they can be read uninitialized

Docs/manual.texi:
  fixed bad merge
include/my_bitmap.h:
  fixed comment format
mysql-test/r/rpl_get_lock.result:
  make the test results predicable
mysql-test/t/rpl_get_lock.test:
  predicatable test results
mysys/my_bitmap.c:
  do not init/destroy mutex if bitmap is not declared thread safe
sql/slave.cc:
  clean-up suggested by Monty to make init_slave_skip_errors() more compact

sql/mysqld.cc:
  Auto merged

Docs/manual.texi:
  Changelog

Docs/manual.texi:
  ChangeLog

added extra/mysql_install.c - will work on it in 4.0, but it does not hurt
to have it sit in 3.23 tree for now since it will eventually be backported 
to 3.23 anyway 


Docs/manual.texi:
  documented slave-skip-errors
  updated change history
extra/resolve_stack_dump.c:
  fixed wrong help message
include/my_bitmap.h:
  bitmap code updates
mysql-test/r/rpl_get_lock.result:
  test for a possible bug in release_lock() replication
mysql-test/t/rpl_get_lock.test:
  test for possible bug in release_lock replication
mysys/my_bitmap.c:
  bitmap code updates/clean-up
sql/mysqld.cc:
  slave-skip-errors
sql/slave.cc:
  slave-skip-errors
sql/slave.h:
  slave skip errors

  Increase semaphore wait warning threshold to 240 seconds


innobase/sync/sync0arr.c:
  Increase semaphore wait warning threshold to 240 seconds

  Improve table cardinality estimate if there are big BLOBs


innobase/btr/btr0cur.c:
  Improve table cardinality estimate if there are big BLOBs

  Make column names non-case-sensitive in referential constraints and put table and database names there in lower case in Windows


innobase/dict/dict0dict.c:
  Make column names non-case-sensitive in referential constraints and put table and database names there in lower case in Windows
innobase/ut/ut0byte.c:
  Make column names non-case-sensitive in referential constraints and put table and database names there in lower case in Windows
innobase/include/ut0byte.h:
  Make column names non-case-sensitive in referential constraints and put table and database names there in lower case in Windows

Docs/manual.texi:
  Changelog
libmysql/libmysql.c:
  Fixed bug with mysql_use_result() when mysql_query() is called before mysql_free_result().
mysql-test/r/group_by.result:
  New tests
mysql-test/t/group_by.test:
  New tests
sql/stacktrace.c:
  Fix for SCO

Docs/manual.texi:
  Changelog
scripts/mysql_config.sh:
  Fix script to search in different directories for include and lib

Docs/manual.texi:
  ChangeLog
myisam/mi_locking.c:
  Remove wrong optimistic locking. (Doesn't affect MySQL)
mysys/my_init.c:
  Release character sets at end
scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh:
  RAID tables are now copied

  Add diagnostic code to catch possible space id or page no errors in the log


innobase/include/mtr0log.ic:
  Add diagnostic code to catch possible space id or page no errors in the log
innobase/include/buf0buf.ic:
  Add diagnostic code to catch possible space id or page no errors in the log