Re: 8.0 questions

David Garamond <lists(at)zara(dot)6(dot)isreserved(dot)com> writes:

> > We have a lot of 7.2.5 versions running which badly needs an update, but
> > if version 8.0.0 comes in the near future, we could surely hold out a
> > while longer and go for the top of the line.
>
> Unless you need a specific feature of 8.0 (savepoint, PITR, migration to
> Windows :)), it's generally recommended to use 7.4.5. 8.0's previous name was
> 7.5 and it was renamed to X.0 to reflect the fact that it is not believed to be
> more robust than 7.4.

Another reason to move to 7.4.5 would be that each version introduced changes
in behaviour. You're going to be dealing with minor headaches from things like
'' not being a valid integer any more (it used to parse as 0 now it's an
error). It'll be easier to do that in two steps than to deal with them all at
once.

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greg