You are correct. We made a decision a while back to reduce the complexity of releases that whole numbers would upgrade to new ubuntu bases and partial numbers would keep the previous.
So: 4.0,4.5 - Xubuntu 10.04 5.0,5.5 - Xubuntu 11.04 6.0,6.5 - Xubuntu 12.04 *.10 releases tend to also have more cutting edge/experimental stuff... My understanding have talked to Brian, the plan is to use 8.4 on this 5.5 release, which you could consider a bug fix/maintanence release and make the switch to pg 9, ubuntu 12.04 for osgeo live v6 in time for FOSS4G 2012. So for those who haven't started working on pg 9 compatibility, please start working on it so it's ready in 5 months. That sound ok to everyone else? Thanks, Alex On 01/23/2012 05:19 PM, Daniel Kastl wrote: > Hi Brian, > > Isn't the LiveDVD still based on 11.04? > I thought it was decided that the Ubuntu version wouldn't be upgraded for > this LiveDVD. Otherwise I must have missed the news. > > According to this list the official PostgreSQL version of "Natty" is 8.4: > http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/database/ > > For 11.10 (Oneiric) there are indeed two version available: 8.4 and 9.1. > And for that Ubuntu release I can publish pgRouting packages for 9.1 to > Launchpad. > > Daniel > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:05 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Daniel-san: >> >> actually, the 9.1 package is already in place.. >> I simply changed the number 8.4 to 9.1 in the install script, and >> everything just worked >> >> as far as pgRouting packages, yes, I see your point >> someone would have to update pgRouting in that case >> >> postgres 8.4 is four to five years old at this point >> >> best regards >> -Brian >> >> On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:58:26 0900, Daniel Kastl <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> pgRouting is probably not going to work with 9.1, because the pgRouting >> packages on Launchpad are built for 8.4 for (X)ubuntu 11.04.It would be >> quite some extra work to just build packages for 9.1 and 11.04, which I >> would like to avoid, because these packages already exist for 11.10 (on my >> PC) and there were some patches necessary. And I don't want to revert to a >> script again to download, compile and install ;-) >> >> So I'm -1 to install some "non-official" PostgreSQL version on this >> LiveDVD release. It will be just a matter of six months to have 9.1 anyway >> if we will upgrade to 12.04. IMO, if 9.1 is so important we should have >> used 11.10 for this release. >> Daniel >> >> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 5:16 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Compatability for Postgres 9.1 is in the 90% range >> The problem people run into is that since Postgres is a fundemental piece >> of any stack, >> it is some work to rebuild the stack to test with a new version... I would >> be surprised if there are any compatability problems at all for most all >> apps >> other than people hard-coding version numbers and the like >> >> -Brian >> >> On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:46:57 1100, Cameron Shorter < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> Brian, >> >> Based upon Peter's request, my feeling is that we should revert back to >> Postgres 8.4. Our emphasis on OSGeo-Live is "stability over cutting edge". >> This is because we are targeting new users who will be very quickly turned >> off if they find a bug, and will generally not be looking to check out the >> latest and greatest. (They can always go to a project page later if they >> want to find latest features). Anyone wish to weigh in on this topic before >> we make a call on which posgres to use? >> >> On 22/01/12 20:55, Peter Baumann wrote: >> >>> Hi Brian, >>> >>> sorry, we have not tested rasdaman with PG 9.x yet. Given the short > >>> time remaining and current project pressure we won't be able to do so > for >>> this DVD roll-out. As in the past even minor release changes in PG > have >>> led to incompatibilities this deserves special attention. We'd > kindly ask >>> you therefore to keep 8.4 available. > >>> thanks for your understanding, >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> On 01/22/2012 06:15 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All- >>>> >>>> I just changed the Postgres version to 9.1 >>>> >>>> install scripts for the applications listed above explicitly call out a >>>> postgres version (8.4) >>>> >>>> Please check your app install scripts as we transition to the improved >>>> 9.1 postgres base >>>> thanks! >>>> >>>> == >>>> Brian Hamlin >>>> GeoCal >>>> OSGeo California Chapter >>>> 415-717-4462 cell >>>> _______________________________________________ Live-demo mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo http://live.osgeo.org http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
