I'll have to take a look at the mysql bit. I have a guess but I'll have to confirm it.
the update_submodules script just does a git checkout my (very slightly modified) stratum-proxy into the externals directory, github has been up and down the last couple days though, so it's kinda at the mercy of github
Just a quick question, I noticed you updated the code on github over Christmas, does this include the fix for MySQL?
Something unrelated. I currently start bitcoind, pool and proxy via /etc/rc.local on reboots, but it doesn't seem to work (maybe not fast enough?).
-> bitcoind
sleep 10
-> pool
sleep 5
-> proxy
Does anybody have hints how to optimize this on Ubuntu?