[Fwd: Questions on 7.3 version for LinuxWorld]

Hi everyone,

Nadia Cameron, a journalist with IDG, is looking to do a brief story on
PostgreSQL and has a couple of questions for us.

So, being newly motivated to set up the collaborative area for the
Advocacy site, it's now ready for general usage
(http://advocacy.postgresql.org/documents/)

Nadia's questions (from below) have been added into a page in the new
collaborative area, so people can make notes/comments/etc directly, and
we should be able to get the results to her by about this time tomorrow
if it's as effective as I'm hoping...

http://advocacy.postgresql.org/documents/NadiaCameron

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Questions on 7.3 version for LinuxWorld
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 12:04:10 +1100
From: Nadia_Cameron@idg.com.au
To: justin@postgresql.org

Hi Justin,

Just trying to put together a brief story on the release of PostgreSQL
version 7.3, but had a couple of questions I'd like to put forth to you
(bear with me, I'm not very techie!)

- What is the 92 scheme specification, and why has support for it been
included in the latest version of postgreSQL?

- In the release, Neil Conway comments that the new version contains a
dependency tracking systems "that allows PostgreSQK to 'safely' support
many more subtle enhancements like the ability to drop columns". I'm
unclear on the use of "safely" here - would you be able to elaborate on
this comment further?

- What are the conditions of using PostgreSQL?

- How long did it take to develop the latest 7.3 release?

- When do you expect to release the next version of the system?

thanks

Nadia Cameron
Journalist
Online division
IDG Communications
88 Christie st
St Leonards NSW 2060
Phone: (02) 9902 2782




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