Ian Forde wrote:
You can always use the MySQL community RPMs. http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html#downloads
Second that. I'm not normally a big fan of replacing stock system packages with third-party ones, but I've never had a problem with MySQL AB's RPMs on CentOS.
A nice side benefit is that it gives you a path to MySQL 5.1, when you're ready to make that leap, without having to wait for CentOS 6.0.