[Pkg-postgresql-public] postgresql 8.2 packaging

[Markus Wanner]

Hi,

Martin Pitt wrote:
> Right, it won't automatically get uninstalled. That's why
> postgresql-common gives you a debconf note that 8.1 is obsolete and
> you need to use pg_upgradecluster to upgrade to 8.3.

Yeah, that's the Debian way of seeing it. The problem is, it's not how
people use Postgres. I personally don't consider 8.1 obsolete, it's
still well maintained and its latest release is currently just a month old.

>> I do not understand why Debian ignores that major advantage by
>> shipping just one Postgres version.
> 
> Because we only officially support one.

..as opposed to the Postgres project, yes.

> That doesn't mean that you
> can't have other versions installed, that's the point of
> postgresql-common. But the primary purpose is to provide a rock solid
> and safe, and within those borders also easy and smooth upgrade
> process, as well as running several supported clusters in parallel.

Yeah, that's great! And I appreciate that feature a lot, thanks again!

> It
> is not really meant to encourage people to run ancient versions
> forever.

No encouragement needed here, it's a requirement for lots of production
grade installations anyway, IMO.

>> I'm happily running multiple 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 versions in
>> parallel over here.
> 
> Yes, that should work. However, NB that I dropped support for pre-8.1
> clusters in the current unstable version of postgresql-common.

Okay, thanks for this hint. That's fine with me, I luckily don't use
anything pre-8.1 anymore.

Regards

Markus Wanner