| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8(at)verizon(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Best suiting OS |
| Date: | 2009-10-01 15:12:27 |
| Message-ID: | 19481.1254409947@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8(at)verizon(dot)net> writes:
> The theory with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution is that you run
> with what comes with it. All the stuff that comes with it is guaranteed to
> work together. Red Hat do not add features, change any interfaces, etc. Then
> they support it for 7 years. I.e., if it works for you at the beginning, it
> will work the entire 7 years if you wish.
Yeah, RHEL is intended to be a stable application platform: once you set
up your server, it will "just keep working"; you should not have to
worry whether updates will break your application.
It is not entirely a coincidence that this is exactly the attitude
Postgres takes towards our back branches ;-)
regards, tom lane
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