Re: Should I install PostgreSQL 8.2.5?

From: Bjørn T Johansen <btj(at)havleik(dot)no>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Should I install PostgreSQL 8.2.5?
Date: 2007-10-06 20:04:27
Message-ID: 20071006220427.6918477a@pennywise
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On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 15:24:42 -0400
Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:

> Bjørn T Johansen escribió:
> > On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 10:52:37 -0500
> > "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 10/6/07, Bjørn T Johansen <btj(at)havleik(dot)no> wrote:
> > > > My customer has just bought a new server with RedHat Enterpris Server 5 64 bit and on that box PostgreSQL
> > > > 8.1.9 is installed (I guess that's the version RH supports). I see on your website, that you have 8.2.5 rpm
> > > > for RHEL 5 ready. Should I stick with the preinstalled version or should I upgrade to your rpm's?
> > >
> > > 8.1.x is quite capable. There are a few things in 8.2.x that led me
> > > to upgrade, like the returning functionality. If you're just starting
> > > development of a project, going to 8.2.5 makes sense as it will be one
> > > less future upgrade you'll need to do. It's definitely stable enough
> > > to use in production.
> >
> > I ended up just using 8.1.9, will upgrade if I find a reason... :)
>
> Upgrade to 8.1.10 (we haven't released 8.1.11, right?). You will find
> plenty of reasons in the release notes.
>

Yes, but I was thinking about compared to 8.2... I am waiting for RedHat to release 8.1.10....

BTJ

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