Re: Should I install PostgreSQL 8.2.5?

Bjørn T Johansen escribió:
> On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 10:52:37 -0500
> "Scott Marlowe" <scott.marlowe@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 10/6/07, Bjørn T Johansen <btj@havleik.no> wrote:
> > > My customer has just bought a new server with RedHat Enterpris Server 5 64 bit and on that box PostgreSQL
> > > 8.1.9 is installed (I guess that's the version RH supports). I see on your website, that you have 8.2.5 rpm
> > > for RHEL 5 ready. Should I stick with the preinstalled version or should I upgrade to your rpm's?
> >
> > 8.1.x is quite capable.  There are a few things in 8.2.x that led me
> > to upgrade, like the returning functionality.  If you're just starting
> > development of a project, going to 8.2.5 makes sense as it will be one
> > less future upgrade you'll need to do.  It's definitely stable enough
> > to use in production.
>
> I ended up just using 8.1.9, will upgrade if I find a reason... :)

Upgrade to 8.1.10 (we haven't released 8.1.11, right?). You will find
plenty of reasons in the release notes.

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