Am 18.04.21 um 02:37 schrieb Austin Kim:
On Apr 17, 2021, at 7:22 PM, Till Wegmueller <toaster...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Gary
I use Postgres and extensions for all Applications I develop professionally and
privately.
We use mostly 12 and upwards 13 being the standard and I am waiting for 14 to
hit. The last Bugfix release for 9.5 was on 2021-02-11 so quite recently.
I would love to have 13 and modern 12 packaged, especially as we have a build
server for them sponsored by the Oi community. So we know it builds even on
current develop.
My preference for the record is to have 13, 12 and 11. Older ones should only
be used for people still needing them. AWS only offers those in their offerings
as well, so not many people will want 10 or older.
-Till
On 17.04.21 18:46, Gary Mills wrote:
OI currently has postgresql versions: 95 96 10 11 12 . The OI
default, in shared-macros.mk, is 95 . However, the postgresql
developers report that 95 is unsupported, but 13 is available and
supported. Something has to change in OI to move forward with
postgresql.
Here are some actions that could be taken with OI. We could change
the default version to 10. I, myself, would prefer 11. We could
obsolete 95. I'd prefer obsoleting 95 and 96. We could add version
13, but only after 96 is obsoleted. We should limit the number of
postgresql versions in OI, after all. Finally, we could make no
obsoletions or additions, retaining even the unsupported 95. Which
would you prefer?
I have not investigated two questions. Perhaps you can tell me? What
are the consequences of obsoleting 95? What are the consequences of
the default change?
Hi,
Sorry for posting to this list as I’m only an OpenIndiana user, not a
developer, but PostgreSQL is the DB I use most.
This is perfectly fine.
I just want to chime in here and say: You don't need to be a developer
in order to get involved in OpenIndiana!
Of course it is helpful to know some programming languages and build
systems. But many for aspects you don't need to be a professional
programmer.
At the moment we lack volunteers in almost all areas, even those not
related to updating packages. Eg. we need people to enhance or update
our documentation,
we need testers and of course people who care for some packages.
Nobody started as an expert in any of these areas. I am willing to help
people to get involved, eg. we can have video conferences where I can
demonstrate and teach how to update packages.
Of course you need to devote some resources (time, build or test
environment, ...). I can assure you that you will learn a lot about
OpenIndiana, Solaris and other operating systems.
And you will see some insanity related to software development,
especially open source software development where projects make heavy
changes (like change the build system) in minor or even micro releases.
Andreas
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