X-Original-To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Received: from spampd.localdomain (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 675FF476447 for ; Thu, 8 May 2003 10:41:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from kronos.honk.org (kronos.honk.org [206.191.41.253]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 143B9476403 for ; Thu, 8 May 2003 10:41:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from kronos.honk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kronos.honk.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h48EI9bM029433; Thu, 8 May 2003 10:18:09 -0400 Received: from localhost (jearle@localhost) by kronos.honk.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.3) with ESMTP id h48EI3Gk029429; Thu, 8 May 2003 10:18:04 -0400 Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 10:18:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Jon Earle To: Bruno Wolff III Cc: Jon Earle , Oliver Elphick , Richard Huxton , pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Qs In-Reply-To: <20030508132242.GB1451@wolff.to> Message-ID: References: <200305071832.22529.dev@archonet.com> <1052337828.21371.15.camel@linda.lfix.co.uk> <20030508132242.GB1451@wolff.to> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-38.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,SIGNATURE_SHORT_SPARSE, USER_AGENT_PINE autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-Archive-Number: 200305/260 X-Sequence-Number: 41915 On Thu, 8 May 2003, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 16:19:10 -0400, > 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? > > You should at least upgrade to 7.2.4 as there are important bug fixes. > You won't have to do an initdb to do that upgrade. > > You might want to upgrade to 7.3.2 as there are some nice new features, > but you will have to be more careful about the upgrade process to make > sure some of the changes don't cause problems. Well, I've just started out with postgresql, and haven't yet started into development, so perhaps I'll purge the stable package and grab the new one. -- Jon Earle SAVE FARSCAPE http://www.savefarscape.com/ While it's okay to disagree with your friends and family, childish insults do not express sovereignty.