Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U7pVf-0002n1-Rt for pgsql-www@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:53:35 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U7pVf-0005ez-95 for pgsql-www@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:53:35 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U7pVe-0005ep-Ha; Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:53:34 +0000 Received: from www.piware.de ([213.9.93.70]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U7pVb-0006Im-PV; Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:53:34 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (p5DE617AA.dip.t-dialin.net [93.230.23.170]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "Martin Pitt (ThinkPad)", Issuer "piware CA" (verified OK)) by www.piware.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D3726FB8B2; Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:49:30 +0100 (CET) Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9983A63B81; Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:53:30 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:53:30 +0100 From: Martin Pitt To: Andres Freund Cc: Brendan Jurd , Stefan Kaltenbrunner , Dave Page , Bruce Momjian , Josh Berkus , Christoph Berg , Martin Pitt , Magnus Hagander , PostgreSQL WWW , PostgreSQL in Debian , Tom Lane Subject: Re: [pgsql-pkg-debian] Re: We should not transition to apt.postgresql.org until we have a PPA Message-ID: <20130219155330.GI3033@piware.de> References: <20130214122643.GF30046@msgid.df7cb.de> <511D2E58.6010705@agliodbs.com> <511D4E61.5050808@kaltenbrunner.cc> <20130216013854.GD12029@momjian.us> <5122719B.4090208@kaltenbrunner.cc> <51227D09.70209@kaltenbrunner.cc> <20130218205240.GB16219@awork2.anarazel.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130218205240.GB16219@awork2.anarazel.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-www Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org Andres Freund [2013-02-18 21:52 +0100]: > The PPA: > - only supported a few versions of pg, not all supported ones Right, only those which were supported in any Ubuntu release. E. g. 9.0 has never been in any Ubuntu release, thus there's nothing to backport them from. > - regularly dropped releases while they were still supported by PGDG To be fair, I only drop packages for obsolete Ubuntu releases. And after people have yelled loud enough, I even put them back. > All that is understandable, its a lot of work, but it really sucks if > you use pg productively and suddently no updates are available anymore > for the version youre using. If you run a production server on an EOLed Ubuntu release, you shouldn't complain. You are not going to get any security update any more, so staying at a slightly outdated PostgreSQL version is really not making much of a difference. Thanks, Martin -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org) -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list (pgsql-www@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www