Fixed #2827 -- Reverted [3855]

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@3867 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/db/backends/mysql/base.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ except ImportError, e:
 from MySQLdb.converters import conversions
 from MySQLdb.constants import FIELD_TYPE
 import types
-import re
 
 DatabaseError = Database.DatabaseError
 
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ django_conversions.update({
     FIELD_TYPE.TIME: util.typecast_time,
 })
 
-server_version_re = re.compile('[.-]')
-
 # This is an extra debug layer over MySQL queries, to display warnings.
 # It's only used when DEBUG=True.
 class MysqlDebugWrapper:
@@ -114,14 +111,6 @@ class DatabaseWrapper(local):
             self.connection.close()
             self.connection = None
 
-    def get_server_version(self):
-        if not self.server_version:
-            if not self._valid_connection():
-                self.cursor()
-            version = server_version_re.split(self.connection.get_server_info())
-            self.server_version = tuple([int(x) for x in version[:3]]) + tuple(version[3:])
-        return self.server_version
-
 supports_constraints = True
 
 def quote_name(name):