From Release Notes:

 - New variable innodb_log_optimize_ddl for avoiding delay due to page flushing and allowing concurrent backup
 - InnoDB updated to 5.7.23
 - ALTER TABLE fixes:
    MDEV-14637 - Fix hang due to DDL with FOREIGN KEY or persistent statistics
    MDEV-15953 - Alter InnoDB Partitioned Table Moves Files (which were originally not in the datadir) to the datadir
    MDEV-16515 - InnoDB: Failing assertion: ++retries < 10000 in file dict0dict.cc line 2737
    MDEV-16809 - Allow full redo logging for ALTER TABLE
 - Temporary tables: MDEV-16713 - InnoDB hang with repeating log entry
 - indexed virtual columns: MDEV-15855 - Deadlock between purge thread and DDL statement
 - locking: MDEV-16664 - Change the default to innodb_lock_schedule_algorithm=fcfs
 - Galera: MDEV-15822 - WSREP: BF lock wait long for trx
 - Fixes for the following security vulnerabilities:
    CVE-2018-3060
    CVE-2018-3064
    CVE-2018-3063
    CVE-2018-3058
    CVE-2018-3066

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Kemper <sebastian_ml@gmx.net>