MySQL Connector/Net 6.8.1 beta has been released (no replies)

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Net 6.8.1, a new version of the all-managed .NET driver for MySQL has been released. This is a beta release for 6.8.x and it's not recommended for production environments.
It is appropriate for use with MySQL server versions 5.0-5.6

It is now available in source and binary form from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/#downloads and mirror sites (note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point-if you can't find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.)

The 6.8.1 version of MySQL Connector/Net has support for Entity Framework 6.0 and includes:

- Changed EF migration history table to use a single column as primary key.
- Removed installer validation when MySql for Visual Studio is installed.
- Added idempotent script for Entity Framework 6 migrations.
- Fix for WI #824, Connector/NET writes wrong version for binding redirects.
- Fix for WI #825, Connector/NET 6.8.1 writes wrong namespace for binding redirects.


The release is available to download at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/#downloads


Documentation
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You can view current Connector/Net documentation at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/connector-net.html


You can find our team blog at http://blogs.oracle.com/MySQLOnWindows
You can also post questions on our forums at http://forums.mysql.com/

Enjoy and thanks for the support!

Connector/NET Team