You said:
Try the pre v6 stuff first, its pure gold.
and
use MySQL v.latest.(stable or devel) or use pre v6 stuff
I did V5.0 1st.
When I tried 5.1, I got into some lib dependancy issues. It's certainly not in stable, which is a bit scary.
If you are telling me there is significant speeds on query, then I'll try again. But if you are referring to all the new whizbang features (and yes, there are LOTS) that I don't care about, then I'll pass.