Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1buiat-0001ZS-RM for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:10:55 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1buiat-0005p8-7t for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:10:55 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1buias-0005p1-Da for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:10:54 +0000 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com ([69.168.55.30]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1buiao-0006RV-TV for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:10:52 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.60] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id DAF8A3D6; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:10:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from c-73-225-27-179.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([73.225.27.179] helo=[192.168.1.60]) by assp.commandprompt.com with SMTPSA(TLSv1_2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256) (2.5.1); 13 Oct 2016 09:10:47 -0700 Subject: Re: Distribution shipped vs Postgres Repository To: Keith , Rob Emery References: Cc: pgsql-admin From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. Message-ID: Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:10:47 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Assp-Version: 2.5.1(16177) on assp.commandprompt.com X-Assp-ID: assp.commandprompt.com m1-75047-02277 X-Assp-Session: 7F0D415C4A48 (mail 1) X-Assp-Original-Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Distribution shipped vs Postgres Repository X-Assp-Client-SSL: yes X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-admin Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org On 10/13/2016 08:58 AM, Keith wrote: > So this can actually be seen > > The apt repository provided by the PostgreSQL community is used far more > often than the default one that comes with Debian in my experience. It > provides you access to the latest major version, no matter the version > of Debian/Ubuntu you're using. With the time gap between major debian > versions, this can be quite long and often runs into the default version > being outside the EOL of that postgresql version. > > Keith > -- Command Prompt, Inc. http://the.postgres.company/ +1-503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. Everyone appreciates your honesty, until you are honest with them. Unless otherwise stated, opinions are my own. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin