Re: For production: 8.4 or 8.3?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com
Cc: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: For production: 8.4 or 8.3?
Date: 2009-07-27 23:16:12
Message-ID: 18378.1248736572@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> It depends, 8.3 and 8.4 are not compatible by default (because of
> --integer-datetimes). So, yeah if you are running Debian/Ubuntu but if
> you are running Cent/RH with the defaults, pg_migrator isn't going to
> work unless you compile Pg from source.

Oh? You think RH/Cent is going to change that default now? Think again.

Of course the real question is whether you trust pg_migrator to not eat
your data. Those who are afraid to trust 8.4.0 will probably not care
to trust pg_migrator for a few versions yet either...

regards, tom lane

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