[Pkg-postgresql-public] postgresql 8.2 packaging

Markus Wanner markus at bluegap.ch
Mon Mar 2 10:05:50 UTC 2009


Hi,

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Btw., there is another matter that we need to think about for the 
> future.  PostgreSQL 8.4 will probably have in-place upgrade support. 
> But that (probably) only works for upgrading to the next release.  This 
> will break down if the current release pattern in Debian -- 7.4, 8.1, 
> 8.3 -- continues.  Therefore, independent of future release cycles and 
> so on, it would be wise to plan for having 8.4 in squeeze in any case, 
> even if 8.5 is released in time and is also included in squeeze.

Good point. Are you thinking upgrade-in-place makes it into 8.4? I'm
still a bit dubious about that. However, that pretty certainly needs to
be taken into account as well for squeeze, yes.

Regards

Markus Wanner



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