Thread: Should I install PostgreSQL 8.2.5?
My customer has just bought a new server with RedHat Enterpris Server 5 64 bit and on that box PostgreSQL 8.1.9 is installed (I guess that's the version RH supports). I see on your website, that you have 8.2.5 rpm for RHEL 5 ready. Should I stick with the preinstalled version or should I upgrade to your rpm's? Regards, BTJ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bjørn T Johansen btj@havleik.no ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Someone wrote: "I understand that if you play a Windows CD backwards you hear strange Satanic messages" To which someone replied: "It's even worse than that; play it forwards and it installs Windows" -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On 10/6/07, Bjørn T Johansen <btj@havleik.no> wrote: > My customer has just bought a new server with RedHat Enterpris Server 5 64 bit and on that box PostgreSQL 8.1.9 is > installed (I guess that's the version RH supports). I see on your website, that you have 8.2.5 rpm for RHEL 5 > ready. Should I stick with the preinstalled version or should I upgrade to your rpm's? 8.1.x is quite capable. There are a few things in 8.2.x that led me to upgrade, like the returning functionality. If you're just starting development of a project, going to 8.2.5 makes sense as it will be one less future upgrade you'll need to do. It's definitely stable enough to use in production.
On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 10:52:37 -0500 "Scott Marlowe" <scott.marlowe@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/6/07, Bjørn T Johansen <btj@havleik.no> wrote: > > My customer has just bought a new server with RedHat Enterpris Server 5 64 bit and on that box PostgreSQL > > 8.1.9 is installed (I guess that's the version RH supports). I see on your website, that you have 8.2.5 rpm > > for RHEL 5 ready. Should I stick with the preinstalled version or should I upgrade to your rpm's? > > 8.1.x is quite capable. There are a few things in 8.2.x that led me > to upgrade, like the returning functionality. If you're just starting > development of a project, going to 8.2.5 makes sense as it will be one > less future upgrade you'll need to do. It's definitely stable enough > to use in production. I ended up just using 8.1.9, will upgrade if I find a reason... :) BTJ
Bjørn T Johansen escribió: > On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 10:52:37 -0500 > "Scott Marlowe" <scott.marlowe@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 10/6/07, Bjørn T Johansen <btj@havleik.no> wrote: > > > My customer has just bought a new server with RedHat Enterpris Server 5 64 bit and on that box PostgreSQL > > > 8.1.9 is installed (I guess that's the version RH supports). I see on your website, that you have 8.2.5 rpm > > > for RHEL 5 ready. Should I stick with the preinstalled version or should I upgrade to your rpm's? > > > > 8.1.x is quite capable. There are a few things in 8.2.x that led me > > to upgrade, like the returning functionality. If you're just starting > > development of a project, going to 8.2.5 makes sense as it will be one > > less future upgrade you'll need to do. It's definitely stable enough > > to use in production. > > I ended up just using 8.1.9, will upgrade if I find a reason... :) Upgrade to 8.1.10 (we haven't released 8.1.11, right?). You will find plenty of reasons in the release notes. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support
On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 15:24:42 -0400 Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote: > Bjørn T Johansen escribió: > > On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 10:52:37 -0500 > > "Scott Marlowe" <scott.marlowe@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On 10/6/07, Bjørn T Johansen <btj@havleik.no> wrote: > > > > My customer has just bought a new server with RedHat Enterpris Server 5 64 bit and on that box PostgreSQL > > > > 8.1.9 is installed (I guess that's the version RH supports). I see on your website, that you have 8.2.5 rpm > > > > for RHEL 5 ready. Should I stick with the preinstalled version or should I upgrade to your rpm's? > > > > > > 8.1.x is quite capable. There are a few things in 8.2.x that led me > > > to upgrade, like the returning functionality. If you're just starting > > > development of a project, going to 8.2.5 makes sense as it will be one > > > less future upgrade you'll need to do. It's definitely stable enough > > > to use in production. > > > > I ended up just using 8.1.9, will upgrade if I find a reason... :) > > Upgrade to 8.1.10 (we haven't released 8.1.11, right?). You will find > plenty of reasons in the release notes. > Yes, but I was thinking about compared to 8.2... I am waiting for RedHat to release 8.1.10.... BTJ