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[Ian Gilfillan <ian@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 28/05/2016 17:30, Michael Moore wrote:
> I've got the table compiled here.
>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R7vwdctsoGQADY9i24yArvz8wQ59GSr59wKY6dUstbI/edit#gid=0
>
> Would it be appropriate to add it to the KB?

The table looks great - the Knowledge Base is a community resource, and 
there's no problem with adding comparisons (there are quite a few 
MySQL-MariaDB comparison articles, since moving from MySQL is a common 
situation), so feel free to add it.
> I was going to put it on our company blog, but since new versions will
> bring new features it should probably be a living document somewhere.
>
> The only reason I could think of that it might not be appropriate on the
> KB is that I do include the MySQL info too, and I'm not sure if that
> belongs on the MariaDB wiki.
>
> Also, two more questions:
>
>   * How long has the Aria database had spatial index support? Since
>     MariaDB 5.1?
Yes, since the first release.


>   * I didn't see docs for X() and Y(), but they were in MySQL since 5.4
>     so I suspect that they're probably in MariaDB too.
The docs for x() and y() are at https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/st_x/ 
and https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/st_y/