Re: Lifecycle of PostgreSQL releases

> I also tend to run every other version. I've run 7.2, then 7.4, then
> 8.1. I've tested and played with 8.2 and speed wise, it wasn't a
> compelling enough upgrade to start the very long process of replacing
> 8.1 with. By the time 8.3 comes out, I'll be about ready to start
> evaluating our next version of pgsql.
>
> I have to say the update to 8.1 was very compelling, as the query
> optimizer was much better, and the ability to use indexes on date
> columns with references like now() - interval '5 days' was a huge thing
> for my reporting apps.

Yeah 8.1 was a great milestone, being able to allocate more
shared_buffers has been a great boon for many of our customers that are
running 4+ GIG of ram.

Joshua D. Drake

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