Re: When to switch to Postgres 8.0?

Quoting Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>:

> On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 14:17:41 -0500,
> jao(at)geophile(dot)com wrote:
> > ...
> > Suppose 8.0 is released in December or January. Is it a sane thing
> > to put 8.0 in a shipping product within the first two months of its
> > release? I know that 8.0 is an enormous release, but I'm hoping some
> > of the old-timers can extrapolate from previous major version
> > upgrades.
>
> Based on what I have seen, I think the risks of odd things happening with
> this major release is greater than any since 7.1 (which is as far back
> as I go). You need to consider which features in 8.0 you want that are
> not in 7.4.6.

I assume I have no choice about the backup writer.

Suppose I don't use any new features. The question is then whether I'm likely
to be affected by a regression.

> You also need to consider how much testing you will be
> able to do before the March code freeze.

We'll be doing extensive testing between code freeze and our ship
date.

Jack Orenstein

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