thanks for the many infos on improvements (and things that just don't work out right yet). As we're taking these things seriously i've created bug-reports for the problems i could verify as i went through the list:
1.)
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=38800
2.)
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=38801
3.)
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=38802
4.) can't repeat, this works for me as described it should (tried in recent and earlier versions, like 5.0.22)
5.)
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=38803
6.) this is checked by a validation module in SE version that reports if table comments are too long ... but as it might come in handy for conceptual-only-models we don't restrict the length of comment one can input.
(although there is a feature request for an additional comment field which can hold longer comments but doesn't sync with the DB ... so we are thinking of adding another field for this purpose, in this case we can limit the comment field that gets synced)
7.) can't repeat, would need a precise "how to reproduce"
8.)
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=38805
9.)
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=38807 (this is not a FeatureRequest, but in fact a nasty bug!)
10.) this is problem #2 again if i don't miss anything
we keep going after these things and check what we can incorporate into 5.0. It is possible that some of the issues will only make it into 5.1
cheers
tax