For anyone subscribed to the MySQL lists, you might already know this, but the latest release of MySQL has "hit the shelves" in MySQL 4.1.1

MySQL 4.1.1, a new version of the popular Open Source/Free Software database management system, has been released. It is now available in source and binary form for a number of platforms from our download pages at http://www.mysql.com/downloads/ and mirror sites.

This is the second Alpha development release of the 4.1 tree, adding many new features (see below) and fixing recently discovered bugs. Please refer to our bug database at http://bugs.mysql.com/ for more details about the individual bugs fixed in this version.

Note that this is still an Alpha release, and might cause more harm that good on your site. Hopefully, it will be taken of this status soon and everyone can get busy with this new version...