Thread: PostgreSQL 8.0.0 Release Candidate 3
As was anticipated, time between Release Candidate 2 and 3 was nice and
short, with more changes being made now to Documentation vs Code.
A current list of *known* supported platforms can be found at:
http://developer.postgresql.org/supported-platforms.html
We're always looking to improve that list, so we encourage anyone that is
running a platform not listed to please report on any success or failures
with Release Candidate 3.
Baring *any* coding changes (documentation != code) over the next week or
so, we *hope* that this will the final Release Candidate before Full
Release, with that being aimed for the 15th (or earlier).
As always, this release is available on all mirrors, as listed at:
http://www.postgresql.org/mirrors-ftp.html
For those using Bittorrent, David Fetter has updated the .torrents, which can
be downloaded from:
http://bt.postgresql.org
Please report any bug reports with this Release Candidate to:
pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
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Does this release incorporate a change to the bgwriter or was it
determined to leave it as-is until 8.1?
Regards,
Jeff Davis
On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 10:56 -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> As was anticipated, time between Release Candidate 2 and 3 was nice and
> short, with more changes being made now to Documentation vs Code.
>
> A current list of *known* supported platforms can be found at:
>
> http://developer.postgresql.org/supported-platforms.html
>
> We're always looking to improve that list, so we encourage anyone that is
> running a platform not listed to please report on any success or failures
> with Release Candidate 3.
>
> Baring *any* coding changes (documentation != code) over the next week or
> so, we *hope* that this will the final Release Candidate before Full
> Release, with that being aimed for the 15th (or earlier).
>
> As always, this release is available on all mirrors, as listed at:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/mirrors-ftp.html
>
> For those using Bittorrent, David Fetter has updated the .torrents, which can
> be downloaded from:
>
> http://bt.postgresql.org
>
> Please report any bug reports with this Release Candidate to:
>
> pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
>
> ----
> Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org)
> Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
>
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Jeff Davis wrote: > Does this release incorporate a change to the bgwriter or was it > determined to leave it as-is until 8.1? There are no bgwriter changes in RC3. We don't know yet if they will be in 8.0 final. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
RC3 on Microsoft VirtualPC with Debian Testing passes all tests. Marc G. Fournier wrote: > We're always looking to improve that list, so we encourage anyone that > is running a platform not listed to please report on any success or > failures with Release Candidate 3. Running a fresh install of Debian/Testing on Microsoft VirtualPC works fine. I'm not sure if this counts as a separate platform or not, since all it really says is that VirtualPC emulates a PC well enough. It's a pretty nice way of running Linux servers on sales guy's windows laptop. $ make check [...] ====================== All 96 tests passed. ======================
Welcome to the New Year all, and the final days of testing for 8.0.0.
This will hopefully be our final Release Candidate, with a Full
Release happening late next week. There are several Windows related
fixes in this Release Candidate, with a full list of changes viewable
in the Changelog available on the FTP server.
A current list of *known* supported platforms can be found at:
http://developer.postgresql.org/supported-platforms.html
We're always looking to improve that list, so we encourage anyone that is
running a platform not listed to please report on any success or failures
with Release Candidate 4.
Baring *any* coding changes (documentation != code) over the next week or so,
we *hope* that this will the final Release Candidate before Full Release,
with that being aimed for the 15th (or earlier).
As always, this release is available on all mirrors, as listed at:
http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp
For those using Bittorrent, David Fetter hasn't had a chance to update the
.torrents, but should be available later today from:
http://bt.postgresql.org
Please report any bug reports with this Release Candidate to:
pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
----
Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org)
Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 12:04:00PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Welcome to the New Year all, and the final days of testing for 8.0.0. > > This will hopefully be our final Release Candidate, with a Full > Release happening late next week. There are several Windows related > fixes in this Release Candidate, with a full list of changes viewable > in the Changelog available on the FTP server. > > A current list of *known* supported platforms can be found at: > > http://developer.postgresql.org/supported-platforms.html > > We're always looking to improve that list, so we encourage anyone that is > running a platform not listed to please report on any success or failures > with Release Candidate 4. > > Baring *any* coding changes (documentation != code) over the next week or > so, we *hope* that this will the final Release Candidate before Full > Release, with that being aimed for the 15th (or earlier). > > As always, this release is available on all mirrors, as listed at: > > http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp > > For those using Bittorrent, David Fetter hasn't had a chance to update the > .torrents, but should be available later today from: > > http://bt.postgresql.org They're up. :) Cheers, D -- David Fetter david@fetter.org http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 510 893 6100 mobile: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote!
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Marc G. Fournier wrote: | A current list of *known* supported platforms can be found at: | | http://developer.postgresql.org/supported-platforms.html | | We're always looking to improve that list, so we encourage anyone that | is running a platform not listed to please report on any success or | failures with Release Candidate 3. I notice that Ubuntu is not yet on this list. I can confirm that PostgreSQL 7.4.5 is supported under Ubuntu 4.10 (warty) on all platforms (x86, amd64 and ppc) and that PostgreSQL 7.4.6 is supported under Ubuntu 5.4 (hoary) on all platforms. Version freeze for hoary is today, so that version is fixed and the 8 series won't be officially supported until the following release (October 2005), although installing the Debian packages should work just fine. - -- Stuart Bishop <stuart.bishop@canonical.com> http://www.canonical.com/ Canonical Ltd. http://www.ubuntulinux.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB257ZAfqZj7rGN0oRAkvrAJ92nz1G2NkKqTCQLxoNK2SR2TT/OACffHBi akfLOnKYf2wObq2qx7GEwME= =885J -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 17:04, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > [...] > A current list of *known* supported platforms can be found at: > > http://developer.postgresql.org/supported-platforms.html > > We're always looking to improve that list, so we encourage anyone that is > running a platform not listed to please report on any success or failures > with Release Candidate 4. > [...] Hi, I've tested RC4 on Linux on the PlayStation 2 again (compare http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-08/msg01339.php). With --disable-spinlocks everything but the two floating point tests succeeds (regression output and diffs attached). The Playstation 2 hardware manuals confirm that the FPU has no support for NaN and +/-Inf. That explains the regression diffs. (EE Core User's Manual Version 5, p. 153) In summary one might conclude that PostgreSQL 8 works on Linux on the Playstation 2 as far as the hardware supports it. Kind regards, Chris.
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Stuart Bishop <stuart@stuartbishop.net> writes: > Marc G. Fournier wrote: > | A current list of *known* supported platforms can be found at: > | http://developer.postgresql.org/supported-platforms.html > I notice that Ubuntu is not yet on this list. I can confirm that > PostgreSQL 7.4.5 is supported under Ubuntu 4.10 (warty) on all platforms > (x86, amd64 and ppc) and that PostgreSQL 7.4.6 is supported under Ubuntu > 5.4 (hoary) on all platforms. We are now in version freeze for hoary, so > that version is fixed and the 8 series won't be officially supported > until the following release (October 2005), although installing the > Debian packages should work just fine. You seem to be under a misconception about the purpose of that list. It has nothing to do with what Postgres releases are packaged by various distributions. Entries on the list mean that someone has verified that the *source code* distribution builds per instructions and passes regression tests on that platform. If you are trying to say that you personally have verified that for Ubuntu, you didn't phrase it clearly. regards, tom lane
On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 17:04, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > [...] > A current list of *known* supported platforms can be found at: > > http://developer.postgresql.org/supported-platforms.html > > We're always looking to improve that list, so we encourage anyone that is > running a platform not listed to please report on any success or failures > with Release Candidate 4. > [...] Hi, one more test result: the regression test for 8.0 RC4 on a OpenBSD/sparc says all 96 tests passed. This was OpenBSD/sparc 3.3 with gcc 2.95.3 and GNU make 3.80 on a SPARCstation 4. I ran "make check" with option MAX_CONNECTIONS=10. Bye, Chris. PS: this is the second post of this message, the first has misteriously disappeared 8 hours ago.
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 12:04:00PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > A current list of *known* supported platforms can be found at: > http://developer.postgresql.org/supported-platforms.html > We're always looking to improve that list, so we encourage anyone that is > running a platform not listed to please report on any success or failures > with Release Candidate 4. I can confirm the following two architectures successfully completed the regression tests, running $ gmake MAX_CONNECTIONS=10 check Machine: SGI Altix 350 Processor: Itanium2 OS: SGI ProPack 3SP1 for Linux, Build 301r3-0407280007 Compiler: gcc 3.2.3 Machine: HP/Compaq ES45 Processor: Alpha ev68 OS: Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.1B (Rev. 2650) Compiler: Compaq C v6.5-011 -Mark
Tom Lane wrote: > Stuart Bishop <stuart@stuartbishop.net> writes: > >>Marc G. Fournier wrote: >>| A current list of *known* supported platforms can be found at: >>| http://developer.postgresql.org/supported-platforms.html > > >>I notice that Ubuntu is not yet on this list. I can confirm that >>PostgreSQL 7.4.5 is supported under Ubuntu 4.10 (warty) on all platforms >>(x86, amd64 and ppc) and that PostgreSQL 7.4.6 is supported under Ubuntu >>5.4 (hoary) on all platforms. We are now in version freeze for hoary, so >>that version is fixed and the 8 series won't be officially supported >>until the following release (October 2005), although installing the >>Debian packages should work just fine. > > > You seem to be under a misconception about the purpose of that list. > It has nothing to do with what Postgres releases are packaged by > various distributions. Entries on the list mean that someone has > verified that the *source code* distribution builds per instructions > and passes regression tests on that platform. > > If you are trying to say that you personally have verified that for > Ubuntu, you didn't phrase it clearly. My bad. I can personally confirm that 8.0rc5 builds cleanly and passes the regression tests under Ubuntu i386 (using the current Ubuntu 5.04/hoary development release, now in version freeze). I can't personally confirm the other architectures or the Ubuntu 4.10/warty release (although the results should be identical to Debian). The install docs require some interpretation, as by default under Ubuntu root's password is disabled and you need to use sudo for various steps. I don't think this is a problem, as naive Ubuntu users will generally be using the click'n'drool pacakge manager. -- Stuart Bishop <stuart.bishop@canonical.com> http://www.canonical.com/ Canonical Ltd. http://www.ubuntulinux.com/