On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 10:06:03PM +0100, Jan Wieck wrote:
> I recall some replies to recent problem reports on v6.3.2
> where we told "upgrade to v6.4.2" (shame on us). That's
> easier said than done, if someone has big applications
> breaking on new features.
Agreed.
> I know that it isn't true, but these "upgrade to another
> release" answers instead of "install bugfix release vX.X.X"
> look like we don't care about anyone who really uses
> Postgres, not only playing around with it just for fun.
> That's the sound of M$.
And once more I agree.
> Patching against v6.4 takes time. It must be done manually
> nearly all the time since patches don't apply clean. But it's
> the only way to give Postgres a real good reputation.
I like this approach. However, when d we stop maintaining the old version? I
think there are still people using 6.3 who cannot simply upgrade to 6.4. So
do we create 6.3.3 too? Or are there no open bug reports on 6.3 anymore?
Michael
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