default postgresql 7.4 -> 8.1, OK?

Palle Girgensohn girgen at pingpong.net
Wed Feb 14 05:35:58 UTC 2007


14 feb 2007 kl. 05.29 skrev Ade Lovett:

>
> On Feb 13, 2007, at 09:17 , Koen Martens wrote:
>> I'm all in favour of this. Any specific reason you're not moving to
>> the 8.2.x branch?
>
> 8.2.x isn't really stable enough yet for Joe User to pick it up  
> when they want postgresql support for random-port.  I'm definitely  
> in favor of making 8.1.x the default version, and would go a little  
> further, and suggest putting in a suitable deprecation date (say 12  
> months for 74 and 6 months for 80).  8.0->8.1 is pretty  
> straightforward, whereas there are definitely folks who need to  
> stick with 7.x for a while, hence the difference in expiration dates.

Hello Ade,

Good thinking! Will do that as well.

Cheers,
Palle




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