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 23:44:52
Message-ID: 19521.1248738292@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 19:16 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Oh? You think RH/Cent is going to change that default now? Think again.

> I thought they would get around to changing it now.

"They" is me, and it's not changing. I'm not blowing a chance at
in-place upgrade to switch the integer-timestamp default.

> because RH really can't be used as a production PostgreSQL server (if
> date based data is important)

I have open bugs about the lack of in-place upgrade. I have never once
heard a customer complain about FP timestamps. So your position is
nonsense.

regards, tom lane

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