MySQL Connector/Python 2.1.4 GA has been released

[Balasubramanian Kandasamy]

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Python 2.1.4 GA is the second GA version of 2.1 release
series of the pure Python database driver for MySQL. It can be used for
production environments.

MySQL Connector/Python version 2.1.4 GA is compatible with MySQL Server
versions 5.5 and greater. Python 2.6 and greater as well as Python 3.3
and greater are supported. Python 2.4, 2.5 and 3.1, 3.2 are not
supported.

MySQL Connector/Python 2.1.4 is available for download from:

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/#downloads

The ChangeLog file included in the distribution contains a brief summary
of changes in MySQL Connector/Python 2.1.4. For a more complete list of
changes, see below or online at:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-python/en/

Enjoy!


Changes in MySQL Connector/Python 2.1.4 (2016-10-06)

     * Security Notes

     * Bugs Fixed

   Security Notes
   
     * The linked OpenSSL library for Connector/Python
       Commercial has been updated to version 1.0.1q. Issues fixed in
       the new OpenSSL version are described at
       http://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html.  This change
       does not affect Oracle-produced MySQL Community builds of
       Connector/Python, which use the yaSSL library instead. The change
       also does not affect connections made using any pure-Python
       implementation of Connector/Python, for which the version of
       OpenSSL used is whatever is installed on the system.

   Bugs Fixed

     * Connector/Python failed to establish connections using
       the cleartext client-side authentication plugin for accounts
       using the PAM server-side authentication plugin.  Thanks to
       Daniël van Eeden for the patch. (Bug #22873551, Bug #80609)

     * A potential SQL injection vector was eliminated. (Bug #22529828)

     * Connections made using the C Extension failed when the
       ssl_ca parameter was given without ssl_cert and ssl_key.  (Bug
       #21879914, Bug #79835, Bug #22494320)

     * For connections made with consume_results=True,
       consume_results was reset to False after callproc() execution
       failure. (Bug #21879859) References: This issue is a regression
       of: Bug #21492815.

     * In connections for which compress=True, LOAD DATA LOCAL
       INFILE statements produced "Packets out of error" errors.  (Bug
       #21449996)

     * Attempts to insert Python ByteArray data into binary
       table columns failed. (Bug #77822, Bug #21498719)

Documentation
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Online:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/index.html
The source distribution includes the manual in various formats under
the docs/ folder.

Reporting Bugs
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We welcome and appreciate your feedback and bug reports:
http://bugs.mysql.com/

On behalf of the MySQL/Oracle RE Team,
Balasubramanian Kandasamy