X-Original-To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Received: from spampd.localdomain (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D5674763FE for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 17:40:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from anchor-post-35.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-35.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.85]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CFCA47634E for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 17:40:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lfix.demon.co.uk ([158.152.59.127] helo=linda.lfix.co.uk) by anchor-post-35.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #2) id 19DWeZ-000395-0Z; Wed, 07 May 2003 22:40:44 +0100 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] ident=olly) by linda.lfix.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 19DWeZ-000633-00; Wed, 07 May 2003 22:40:43 +0100 Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Qs From: Oliver Elphick To: Jon Earle Cc: Richard Huxton , pgsql-general@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: References: <200305071832.22529.dev@archonet.com> <1052337828.21371.15.camel@linda.lfix.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: LFIX Limited Message-Id: <1052343642.21371.53.camel@linda.lfix.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 07 May 2003 22:40:43 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-45.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,SIGNATURE_LONG_DENSE, USER_AGENT_XIMIAN autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-Archive-Number: 200305/224 X-Sequence-Number: 41879 On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 21:19, Jon Earle wrote: > On Wed, 7 May 2003, Oliver Elphick wrote: > > > I assume he is using Debian stable, which has 7.2.1 (and will have for > > evermore, dammit!, until the next stable release.) > > Yes, that's what I'm using (v7.2.1-2woody2). Is it worth upgrading? Yes. The release managers will allow only security bugs to be fixed in the stable release. If you upgrade, you get non-security bugs fixed, plus all the new features of 7.3. The downside is that there is a somewhat greater risk of packaging bugs, and of bugs introduced by 7.3, but 7.3 itself has been out for some months now. If you have real data, be sure to have good dumps before you start upgrading, then let the package attempt an automatic upgrade. -- Oliver Elphick Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath. For it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:19-21