This chapter describes a lot of things that you need to know when
working on the MySQL code. If you plan to contribute to MySQL
development, want to have access to the bleeding-edge in-between
versions code, or just want to keep track of development, follow the
instructions in section 2.3.4 Installing from the Development Source Tree.
If you are interested in MySQL internals, you should also subscribe
to our internals
mailing list. This list is relatively low
traffic. For details on how to subscribe, please see
section 1.7.1.1 The MySQL Mailing Lists.
All developers at MySQL AB are on the internals
list and we
help other people who are working on the MySQL code. Feel free to
use this list both to ask questions about the code and to send
patches that you would like to contribute to the MySQL project!