The automated tests are running against:

PostgreSQL 9.3.5
POSTGIS 2.1.2 r12389

Looking at the geotools pom.xml, the tests are still using the
8.4-701.jdbc3 driver.

Torben



On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Jody Garnett <[email protected]> wrote:

> We have recently restored automated postgis testing on our build box,
> Torben has the details on what versions are used (I imagine it is the
> latest since that is what are working against).
>
> If you would like to build and test geotools and geoserver with a more
> recent driver we would be interested in your feedback. The GeoTools
> developers guide has some instructions on setting up the "online tests"
> used to work against your local PostGIS. The tests are self contained and
> will create the tables required before use.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 3 June 2015 at 21:45, Jason Newmoyer <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> GeoServer devs,
>>
>> I noticed in the 2.7.1 war distro that it is
>> using postgresql-8.4-701.jdbc3.jar. I plan on using GeoServer with the
>> latest PostgreSQL 9.4/PostGIS 2.1 releases.
>>
>> I found this discussion a few years back about the topic:
>> http://sourceforge.net/p/geoserver/mailman/message/30164784/
>> Stating that the reason for using the 8.4 driver is backwards
>> compatibility. But from what I understand, all Postgres JDBC drivers are 
>> backwards
>> compatible <https://jdbc.postgresql.org/download.html#current>. My
>> concern now is forward compatibility. So my question is what kind of test
>> coverage does GeoServer have with regard to PostgreSQL 9.x / PostGIS 2.1
>> datastores? What would be your concerns about using an updated driver?
>>
>> I'm looking at configuring a connection pool using JNDI with Jetty 9.x
>> and using the latest 9.4 jdbc driver. So I would probably remove the 8.4
>> driver from war libs to avoid conflicts.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Jason Newmoyer
>> Newmoyer Geospatial Solutions
>> 843.606.0424
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>>
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