Re: Latest packages for Xenial

On 8/13/21 2:11 AM, Christoph Berg wrote:
> Re: Justin Downing
>> I note on the Ubuntu install page (
>> https://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/ubuntu/) that:
>>
>> The PostgreSQL Apt Repository supports the current LTS versions of Ubuntu:
>>
>> 20.04
>> 18.04
>> 16.04
>>
>> But the most recent release (
>> https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-134-128-1113-1018-9623-and-14-beta-3-released-2277/)
>> did not get packages built for 16.04 xenial.
>>
>> Is the information out-of-date or was there on oversight with the latest
>> builds?
>
> Hi,
>
> the web page is out of date, xenial is EOL from the Ubuntu side as
> well.
>
> The correct list would be (Debian is also outdated):
>
> Debian 9 (stretch), 10 (buster), 11 (bullseye), and unstable (sid)
> Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic), 20.04 (focal), 21.04 (hirsute, amd64 only), 21.10 (impish, amd64 only)

The Postgres Ubuntu packages only officially support LTS releases.

>
> Christoph
>
>

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