Re: For production: 8.4 or 8.3? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: For production: 8.4 or 8.3?
Date
Msg-id 19521.1248738292@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: For production: 8.4 or 8.3?  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: For production: 8.4 or 8.3?
Re: For production: 8.4 or 8.3?
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 19:16 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Oh?  You think RH/Cent is going to change that default now?  Think again.

> I thought they would get around to changing it now.

"They" is me, and it's not changing.  I'm not blowing a chance at
in-place upgrade to switch the integer-timestamp default.

> because RH really can't be used as a production PostgreSQL server (if
> date based data is important)

I have open bugs about the lack of in-place upgrade.  I have never once
heard a customer complain about FP timestamps.  So your position is
nonsense.

            regards, tom lane

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