Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF4596501A4 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:08:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 83071-05 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:07:59 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4A1E6501A9 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:06:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6M066iR019583; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:06:06 -0400 (EDT) To: Emil Pedersen cc: Stephane Bailliez , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Performance on Sun Fire X4150 x64 (dd, bonnie++, pgbench) In-reply-to: <54A837578F95EA882750152E@[192.168.0.102]> References: <4881E9EF.5000805@gmail.com> <488460ED.8090001@gmail.com> <1594988F87F2AB57D4ED195F@[192.168.0.102]> <54A837578F95EA882750152E@[192.168.0.102]> Comments: In-reply-to Emil Pedersen message dated "Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:34:43 +0200" Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:06:06 -0400 Message-ID: <19582.1216685166@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200807/199 X-Sequence-Number: 30799 Emil Pedersen writes: >> At least on debian it was quite easy to "backport" 8.3.3 from sid >> to etch using apt-get's source and build-dep functions. That way >> you get a normal installable package. > I should have said that I was talking about the postgresql, I > missed the plr part. I appologize for the noice. Still, there's not normally that much difference between the packaging for one version and for the next. I can't imagine that it would take much time to throw together a package for 8.3 plr based on what you're using for 8.2. All modern package-based distros make this pretty easy. The only reason not to do it would be if you're buying support from a vendor who will only support specific package versions... regards, tom lane