Hi phpmyadmin developers,
I just downloaded 4.5.0-beta1. I love that you are using the ALTER USER command from 5.7!
I have some specific 5.7 features to mention that you may be able to make use of:
1) The server now supports a list of disabled_storage_engines (these still “work” but no new tables can be created).
It might make sense to remove them from the drop-down-list or make them appear greyed out.
They also appear under “ENGINES” the same as others currently.
2) The STATUS > PROCESSLIST is currently using SHOW PROCESSLIST. In MySQL 5.7, there will be SELECT * FROM sys.x$processlist or SELECT * FROM sys.x$sessions (user connections only). This has some added context (transactions open, memory usage etc) and the command itself uses fewer locks than SHOW PROCESSLIST. Here is an example of output:
https://github.com/MarkLeith/mysql-sys/blob/development/views/p_s/sessions.sql
3) The datatype JSON does not appear to be added yet. 5.7.8 added this native type with ~20 JSON manipulation functions.