Thread: Support for older servers
Should we consider dropping official support for PostgreSQL 7.x in the next major version of pgAdmin? Thoughts? /D
My 2€cent: dropping suport for 7.x in pgAdmin would give a healthy incentiv to update. Harald > Should we consider dropping official support for PostgreSQL 7.x in the > next major version of pgAdmin? -- GHUM Harald Massa persuadere et programmare Harald Armin Massa Spielberger Straße 49 70435 Stuttgart 0173/9409607 fx 01212-5-13695179 - EuroPython 2008 will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania - Stay tuned!
On 16/11/2007 12:24, Dave Page wrote: > Should we consider dropping official support for PostgreSQL 7.x in the > next major version of pgAdmin? I'd be against dropping support before 7.x is officially deprecated. Ray. --------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland rod@iol.ie ---------------------------------------------------------------
On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 12:47:36PM +0000, Raymond O'Donnell wrote: > On 16/11/2007 12:24, Dave Page wrote: > >Should we consider dropping official support for PostgreSQL 7.x in the > >next major version of pgAdmin? > > I'd be against dropping support before 7.x is officially deprecated. Just to clearify, if necessary: the current branches (1.6) would still be supported on 7.3/7.4. Just not the next version. //Magnus
On 16/11/2007 13:27, Magnus Hagander wrote: > Just to clearify, if necessary: the current branches (1.6) would still be > supported on 7.3/7.4. Just not the next version. Ah - fair 'nuff. In that case, whatever makes the developers' lives easier is grand by me... :-) Ray. --------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland rod@iol.ie ---------------------------------------------------------------
Magnus Hagander a écrit : > On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 12:47:36PM +0000, Raymond O'Donnell wrote: >> On 16/11/2007 12:24, Dave Page wrote: >>> Should we consider dropping official support for PostgreSQL 7.x in the >>> next major version of pgAdmin? >> I'd be against dropping support before 7.x is officially deprecated. > > Just to clearify, if necessary: the current branches (1.6) would still be > supported on 7.3/7.4. Just not the next version. > I suppose you meant 1.8 :) Which means we will have to support two branches, REL-1_8_0_PATCHES and trunk, till 7.4 is officially declared unsupported. If this is the case, I'm ok with this. -- Guillaume. http://www.postgresqlfr.org http://dalibo.com
Guillaume Lelarge wrote: > Magnus Hagander a écrit : >> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 12:47:36PM +0000, Raymond O'Donnell wrote: >>> On 16/11/2007 12:24, Dave Page wrote: >>>> Should we consider dropping official support for PostgreSQL 7.x in the >>>> next major version of pgAdmin? >>> I'd be against dropping support before 7.x is officially deprecated. >> Just to clearify, if necessary: the current branches (1.6) would still be >> supported on 7.3/7.4. Just not the next version. >> > > I suppose you meant 1.8 :) Yes, of course. > Which means we will have to support two branches, REL-1_8_0_PATCHES and > trunk, till 7.4 is officially declared unsupported. If this is the case, > I'm ok with this. Yes. But since we don't add features to REL-1_8_0_PATCHES, most changes won't be version specific, which makes life easier. At least that's how I figured it, and I *think* that's what Dave meant :-) //Magnus
Magnus Hagander wrote: > Guillaume Lelarge wrote: >> Magnus Hagander a écrit : >>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 12:47:36PM +0000, Raymond O'Donnell wrote: >>>> On 16/11/2007 12:24, Dave Page wrote: >>>>> Should we consider dropping official support for PostgreSQL 7.x in the >>>>> next major version of pgAdmin? >>>> I'd be against dropping support before 7.x is officially deprecated. >>> Just to clearify, if necessary: the current branches (1.6) would still be >>> supported on 7.3/7.4. Just not the next version. >>> >> I suppose you meant 1.8 :) > > Yes, of course. > > >> Which means we will have to support two branches, REL-1_8_0_PATCHES and >> trunk, till 7.4 is officially declared unsupported. If this is the case, >> I'm ok with this. > > Yes. But since we don't add features to REL-1_8_0_PATCHES, most changes > won't be version specific, which makes life easier. > > At least that's how I figured it, and I *think* that's what Dave meant :-) Yes. Except it'll be 7.3 as well as 7.4. /D
Dave Page wrote: > Should we consider dropping official support for PostgreSQL 7.x in the > next major version of pgAdmin? > JOOC, is there any specific reason for that? The 7.x code paths are already there, the backend didn't break the compatibility yet, ... Maybe it's too hard to test a feature in all of those old versions ;) -- Euler Taveira de Oliveira http://www.timbira.com/
On Nov 16, 2:41 pm, guilla...@lelarge.info (Guillaume Lelarge) wrote: > Which means we will have to support two branches, REL-1_8_0_PATCHES and > trunk, till 7.4 is officially declared unsupported. If this is the case, > I'm ok with this. pgAdmin 1.8 will be there for older versions of pg, and it's not like pg 7.4 is subject to change any more. And people should really consider upgrading to pg 8.2 or 8.3 by now. I have tried to cover pg 8.1, 8.2 and to some extent 7.4 in my tests for 1.8. With the various versions and platforms possible combinations get out of hand. So, I'd say, good idea, drop pg 7.4 for trunk. (I could even imagine to scrap 8.0 as well. That one's not among the more popular releases anyway) Regards Erwin