#204411 by catch: elevate MySQL requirements to 4.1.1 (the first production MySQL 4.1.x was 4.1.5 anyway)

INSTALL.txt

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Drupal requires a web server, PHP 4 (4.3.5 or greater) or PHP 5
 (http://www.php.net/) and either MySQL (http://www.mysql.com/) or PostgreSQL
 (http://www.postgresql.org/). The Apache web server and MySQL database are
 recommended; other web server and database combinations such as IIS and
-PostgreSQL have been tested to a lesser extent. When using MySQL, version 4.1
+PostgreSQL have been tested to a lesser extent. When using MySQL, version 4.1.1
 or greater is recommended to assure you can safely transfer the database.
 
 For more detailed information about Drupal requirements, see "Requirements"

includes/database.mysql.inc

@@ -80,10 +80,8 @@ function db_connect($url) {
     _db_error_page(mysql_error());
   }
 
-  // On MySQL 4.1 and later, force UTF-8.
-  if (version_compare(mysql_get_server_info(), '4.1.0', '>=')) {
-    mysql_query('SET NAMES "utf8"', $connection);
-  }
+  // Force UTF-8.
+  mysql_query('SET NAMES "utf8"', $connection);
   return $connection;
 }
 

modules/system/system.module

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ define('DRUPAL_MINIMUM_PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT',    '16M');
 /**
  * Minimum supported version of MySQL, if it is used.
  */
-define('DRUPAL_MINIMUM_MYSQL',  '4.1.0');
+define('DRUPAL_MINIMUM_MYSQL',  '4.1.1');
 
 /**
  * Minimum supported version of PostgreSQL, if it is used.