The 1.5.2 release of innotop contained two bugs, one very minor. The other was a crash because of the new functionality that aggregates results across many connections. I fixed them and released version 1.6.0, which I consider stable and ready for everyone to use. (My version naming convention for innotop is that even-numbered minor versions are for production use; odd-numbered, such as 1.5.2, are the development branch. That's why I release them under the innotop-devel package).

Your comments are welcome for the 1.8 roadmap.

This release is part of the unstable 1.5 branch. Its features will ultimately go into the stable 1.6 branch. You can download it from the innotop-devel package.

The major change is I've ripped out the W (Lock Waits) mode and enabled innotop to discover not only what a transaction is waiting for, but what it holds too. The new mode that replaces W is L (Locks). My last article goes into more detail on this.

This article shows you how to use a little-known InnoDB feature to find out what is holding the lock for which an InnoDB transaction is waiting. I then show you how to use an undocumented feature to make this even easier with innotop.

This release is part of the unstable 1.5 branch. Its features will ultimately go into the stable 1.6 branch. You can download it from the innotop-devel package.

The major change is a new Command Summary' mode (switch to this mode with the 'C' key) that's similar to mytop's 'c' mode. It shows you the relative size of variables from SHOW STATUS and SHOW VARIABLES.

Version 1.5.0 of the innotop MySQL and InnoDB monitor is out. This release is the first in the unstable 1.5.0 branch, which will eventually become the stable 1.6 branch. I'm beginning to merge the various branches I've made to support some of our needs at my employer. This first release adds some major new features and prepares for some other large improvements and new features.

RPM packages for innotop, a flexible and powerful MySQL and InnoDB monitor I wrote, are now available through the openSUSE buildservice, which builds RPMS on several platforms. Thanks to Lenz Grimmer, SUSE Linux, and Dr. Peter Poeml for making this happen.

Version 1.4.3 of the innotop MySQL and InnoDB monitor is out. This release fixes some minor bugs and feature annoyances, and at last innotop has thorough documentation, available online!

Brian Aker was a recent guest on the LinuxCast podcast with Don Marti. Brian has some interesting thoughts in this podcast and elsewhere on his blog, on motivations for writing Free and/or Open Source software. Here's why I do it myself.

The slides for my innotop presentation at the recent MySQL Conference have been posted, along with other presenter's slides, on the conference presentations page. Love that stock photography!

This release of the innotop MySQL and InnoDB monitor is a major upgrade in terms of functionality, code quality, and interface consistency. It is the result of me working for over a month to get innotop into shape for the recent MySQL Conference and Expo. This article is a summary of the changes and a look at what's coming next.