MariaDB 5.2.9 MySQL Server Released
MariaDB 5.2.9 has been released. MariaDB 5.2.9 download here. This is a Stable release. A "stable" MariaDB release is equivalent to a MySQL "GA" release.
Compared to MariaDB 5.2.8, MariaDB 5.2.9 is a bug-fix release.
For a list of every change made in MariaDB 5.2.9, with links to detailed information on each push, see the MariaDB 5.2.9 Changelog.
MariaDB will work exactly as MySQL: all commands, interfaces, libraries and APIs that exist in MySQL also exist in MariaDB.