Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > >I hope you won't make this standard practice. Because there are quite > >significant differences that make upgrading from 7.1.x to 7.2 troublesome. > >I can't name them offhand but they've appeared on the list from time to time. > > I tend to agree above but am not sure making backport patches are > core's job. I have been providing patches for PostgreSQL for years in > Japan, and people there seem to be welcome such kind of > services. However, supporting previous versions is not a trivial job > and I don't want core members to spend their valuable time for that > kind of job, since making backport patches could be done by anyone who > are familiar with PostgreSQL.
Yes, I know SRA and Red Hat provide extensive backpatches for older versions; it is a nice value-add for their support customers. Not sure about other PostgreSQL support companies. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
