Re: Lifecycle of PostgreSQL releases

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>> Erik Jones wrote:
>>> I really hope you meant upgrades to 8.2.x. And, no, it's not worth
>>> waiting. Upgrade at the soonest available opportunity, expecially the
>>> 7.4.x servers.
>
>> I don't really agree with this. If he is running 7.4.16 there very well
>> may be zero compelling reason for him to upgrade.
>
> Really? There are any number of anecdotal reports of massive speed
> improvements between 7.x and various 8.x versions. Not to mention a
> few feature improvements.

There is zero question that 8.2 is faster than 7.4 *but* if 7.4 isn't
slow for them... Note, that I meant no reason for him to upgrade 7.4
*right now*. He could wait for 8.3. (I think he should get off 7.4 in
general)

>
> Now it could well be that none of those affect the OP but 8.3 will have
> the particular shade of magic pixie dust his queries need. But it seems
> at least as likely that 8.3 will be no significant improvement over 8.2
> for him. Without any real details about his app, you can't call it
> either way.

I can't really argue for 8.2 versus 8.3, but I can argue that as 8.3 is
literally around the corner, it may make sense to wait.

Mileage may vary of course.

Joshua D. Drake

>
> I tend to agree with Erik that if you have a window now to upgrade off
> of 7.x, you should do it, rather than waiting for the next release.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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