Hi River Am 30.09.2010 09:22, schrieb River Tarnell: > However, it might make sense to upgrade to a more recent version at the same > time; either 8.4 or 9.0. This will require a dump and reload of all > databases, > so it will take a while to complete. As far as I know, there should be no (or > very few) changes required to tools using the database. There are known performance issues with the diff update process on 8.4 [1]. There has been some talk [2] about 9.0 but no real experience with it.
> I don't have a strong opinion either way, although I think it makes sense to > upgrade regularly rather than stay on the same version forever. Before I make > a decision, it would be nice to know what people actually using the database > think. I'd like to give 9.0 a try but we'd need a way run it in parallel to 8.3 (maybe on another server) to do some benchmarking between them before we make a decision for the one or the other. Peter [1] <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg11474.html> [2] <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg12707.html> _______________________________________________ Maps-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-l
