Re: installation on Mac OS X 10.5.1

At 7:08 PM +0000 12/22/07, Dave Page wrote:
>  > ------- Original Message -------
>>  From: Chuck 
>>  To: Dave Page 
>>  Sent: 22/12/07, 18:51:09
>>  Subject: Re: [GENERAL] installation on Mac OS X 10.5.1
>>
>>  Thanks. If I take this approach will it be straightforward to upgrade
>>  from one beta to the next (assuming that there will be more betas)
>>  then to upgrade to the release version? Will I be able to use the
>>  EnterpriseDB Postgres installer for the release version?
>
>Yes, the installer supports minor version upgrades. The only 
>exception would be if an initdb forced again before release (as 
>happened between beta3 & beta4), but the community try not to do 
>that this close to release. If it does though, a dump/reload would 
>be required.

okay, that seems fine.

>Do remember that it's currently a beta, and until that changes 
>(which should be early next year) shouldn't be considered as ready 
>for production use.

Yes, thanks for the reminder. I'm using this as a private in-house 
database for about 5 people. If there's a very serious bug in 8.3, 
I'm assuming the I could uninstall 8.3 then install 8.2.5 (assuming 
that I'm not using any 8.3 features).

Thanks again,
Chuck