AWS Aurora MySQL adds fast DDL operations

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The TokuDB backend can do online DDL.

It annoys me that they are totally developing this closed source behind doors. GPL did not account for a hosted services world.

They also don't seem to be doing the best job, last I looked even at release time they were 1-2 years behind MySQL upstream with very little backporting of fixes made after that. Seems like it's going to bit rot on them over time.

lol 'There are obviously lots of other DDL operations for us to improve, but we’re pretty sure that most can be approached the same way.'

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