On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Stuart Bishop<stuart@stuartbishop.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Tim Uckun<timuckun@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I don't see any ubuntu packages for 8.4 in the default repositories.
>>
>> Does anybody know if they will be upgrading the postgresql package to
>> 8.4 or creating a new package for it.
>
> The postgresql-8.4 packages arrived in 9.10 (Karmic) about two hours
> ago. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-8.4
>
> Assuming you are not running the 9.10 prerelease, you may want to
> request a backport to whatever Ubuntu release you are running -
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackport. This should be no
> drama.
>
> Major postgresql releases always get a new package. This allows you to
> have multiple major versions installed and running simultaneously.
>
Awesome. Thanks a lot for the information.
