Thread: Re: Thoughts on 7.3b3 in production?

In article <ap89ns$2egh$1@news.hub.org>, Brett Elliott wrote:
> I have heard that Postgres betas are relatively stable so is it
> safe to assume that 7.3b2 could be used reliably in production?


It is a beta. If the developers believed it were production
quality, it would be released.

Definitely not recommended.

> Any known issues with the beta?
>

If you would like to see the issues they are working on, you can
track the [HACKERS] list. It is quite interesting.


> Also, what does 7.3b2 offer that 7.2.3 doesn't have? Much better
> performance?
>

I am sure performance has improved, and it is possible that there
are particular cases where it is "much better" but I doubt that
there has been any revolutionary performance improvement overall.

I've been playing with the APIs (especially C) for creating functions:

That alone is a reason for me to use it ...

Evert

Lee Harr <missive@frontiernet.net> wrote in message news:<apcgqo$arv$1@news.hub.org>...
> In article <ap89ns$2egh$1@news.hub.org>, Brett Elliott wrote:
> > I have heard that Postgres betas are relatively stable so is it
> > safe to assume that 7.3b2 could be used reliably in production?
>
>
> It is a beta. If the developers believed it were production
> quality, it would be released.
>
> Definitely not recommended.
>
> > Any known issues with the beta?
> >
>
> If you would like to see the issues they are working on, you can
> track the [HACKERS] list. It is quite interesting.
>
>
> > Also, what does 7.3b2 offer that 7.2.3 doesn't have? Much better
> > performance?
> >
>
> I am sure performance has improved, and it is possible that there
> are particular cases where it is "much better" but I doubt that
> there has been any revolutionary performance improvement overall.