Re: Lifecycle of PostgreSQL releases

Your other four points are mere rehashings of that one.

Yes. All of my points directly revolve around the reality that 8.2 is a

short cycle release and that 8.3 is a long cycle release. Further that

due to 8.2 being a short cycle release, it will not see as much

production action as 8.3 (and definitely not 8.1 per the current

enterprise releases).

That to me is an extremely valid point, and a point that my customers

have made *to me*.

Example discussion with customer:

Customer: CMD, should we update to 8.2.3

CMD: Is there something in 8.2.3 that will benefit you?

Customer: We don't know

CMD: Are you having problems with 8.1? (We try to push all customers to

at least 8.1)

Customer: No, it is just that 8.2 is the current release

CMD: True, but 8.3 is due out in the summer and 8.3 is a standard cycle

release

Customer: Oh... o.k. let's wait.

CMD: I think that is probably prudent.

I am not just coming up with this stuff to be difficult. This is real

world here. Couple the above, with my previous post and *unless* there

is something that 8.2 gives you explicitly (and there are reasons to

upgrade to 8.2), there *may* (note word *may*) not be a reason to upgrade.

Take that and add, that 8.3 is just around the corner and my argument

stands.

The only argument anyone that I see against the above is the, "upgrade

because it is shiny argument". Which indeed may (there is that word

again) be enough. In business, shiny can be bad.

What I see in this thread, is people saying 8.2.3 is the cat's meow,

which of course is true. That doesn't mean that you need to upgrade.

I have a 8 year old Saab 9-5 V6 Turbo. It has leather, heated and air

conditioned seats. True, it is 8 years old, but it only has 62k on it.

The new model, offers some better styling, a 4 cylinder with more

horsepower and the paint reflects light just a little better.

Does that mean I want to take my debt free car, and trade it in for a

new 40k loan? Not on your life, my 8 year old Saab has at least 2 more

years in it and I was smart and bought an extended warranty.

Why is it, that every time someone suggests that someone may not need to

upgrade to the latest and greatest paint job, social networking site or

piece of software that people get upset?