On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip] > > > > 2. The PostgreSQL home page, by having a very prominent link to 8.3 > > (but only small links to 8.2 and lower) is obviously pushing 8.3 and > > so will be the most likely to be installed. They call it stable. > > > > I happen to be a part of "They". I didn't say anything about stable, I > said supported. There is a difference :) 8.3 breaks stuff, lots of it. > It breaks it because it changes the way two very widely used items does > things, Tsearch and casts. Good to know. But now cast aside all your preconceptions (or grab your wife/girlfriend/significant other) and ask them to if they came to this page, which version would they d/l and why? I do find it odd something this important isn't mentioned right there. This is kinda major. > > > > 3. During a recent upgrade of my Debian testing (not unstable, but > > testing) systems, I got this note: > > > > > The old server and client packages are no longer supported. After the > > existing clusters are upgraded, the postgresql-8.2 and > > postgresql-client-8.2 packages should be removed. > > Please see /usr/share/doc/postgresql-common/README.Debian.gz for details. > > > > So as far as at least one distro is concerned, 8.2 is obsolete and > > unsupported, or so they say. > > No you are misunderstanding Debian. Debian says that "as of testing" 8.2 > is deprecated. That is *not* anywhere near close to stable or supported. OK, but see other Debian related post below. And testing is pretty close to stable -- unstable is not. My command of the English language is fairly good. And while you may want to split hairs or pick nits, a very large number of folks reading these pages are ESL folks and don't understand what's not said or the difference between stable/supported etc. I deliberately suspend preconceptions when I read something. > > > > I suspect all Debian based distros will > > do/have done the same, since a number are based on testing and/or > > unstable. > > > > Actually no. Ubuntu for example doesn't have 8.3 in dapper which is > their current "Stable" until Hardy is released. Ubuntu is not the only one -- try Sidux. > > > > > Is it possible to install implicit type casts? That might be the > > quickest and easiest thing for the short term. > > > > No. It is a fundamental change. > > > >> And if you want to try PostgreSQL 8.3 with LSMB experimentally (for the > >> purpose of providing bug reports, etc), you want to be running the > >> validation tarball of 1.2.13. > > > > I would be more than happy to do this if someone would tell me where to > get it. > > > > That is an excellent opportunity. Thanks for your offer to help. Installed and working -- so far no issues. Will report back w/ specifics if/when I run into them. Ciao, David A. Bandel -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. - Nemesis Air Racing Team motto ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-devel mailing list Ledger-smb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel
