[GENERAL] Product Roadmap question and request for recommendation

2009-02-26 Thread Keaton Adams
What would you do in this situation? We are currently at PG 8.1 and are in the process of upgrading to 8.3.6. I read on your development roadmap page that 8.4 is slated for release in Q1 of this year, possibly on the 31st of March: “The next release of PostgreSQL is planned to be the 8.4 r

Re: [GENERAL] Product Roadmap question and request for recommendation

2009-02-23 Thread Bruce Momjian
Dot Yet wrote: > don't fix if it ain't broken ;) > > no really, if the system is capable of working nearly flawlessly till 8.4 is > baked, then it is sound to wait till then, especially when upgrading to a > newer version is a *painful* as in time consuming task. i am assuming > downgrading (just

Re: [GENERAL] Product Roadmap question and request for recommendation

2009-02-23 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Keaton Adams wrote: > OK, well just to make sure I have the latest and greatest information on the > proposed in-place upgrade process. > > If we go from 8.1 to 8.3.6 now using dump/restore we will need to do another > dump/restore to get to 8.4, correct? Or you c

Re: [GENERAL] Product Roadmap question and request for recommendation

2009-02-23 Thread Andreas Kretschmer
Tom Lane wrote: > Keaton Adams writes: > > We are currently at PG 8.1 and are in the process of upgrading to 8.3.6. I > > read on your development roadmap page that 8.4 is slated for release in Q1 > > of this year, possibly on the 31st of March: > > > "The next release of PostgreSQL is plann

Re: [GENERAL] Product Roadmap question and request for recommendation

2009-02-23 Thread Keaton Adams
OK, well just to make sure I have the latest and greatest information on the proposed in-place upgrade process. If we go from 8.1 to 8.3.6 now using dump/restore we will need to do another dump/restore to get to 8.4, correct? And from 8.4 on we will be able to do in-place upgrades? The idea of b

Re: [GENERAL] Product Roadmap question and request for recommendation

2009-02-23 Thread Tom Lane
Keaton Adams writes: > We are currently at PG 8.1 and are in the process of upgrading to 8.3.6. I > read on your development roadmap page that 8.4 is slated for release in Q1 of > this year, possibly on the 31st of March: > "The next release of PostgreSQL is planned to be the 8.4 release. A te

Re: [GENERAL] Product Roadmap question and request for recommendation

2009-02-23 Thread Dot Yet
don't fix if it ain't broken ;) no really, if the system is capable of working nearly flawlessly till 8.4 is baked, then it is sound to wait till then, especially when upgrading to a newer version is a *painful* as in time consuming task. i am assuming downgrading (just incase things don't workout

[GENERAL] Product Roadmap question and request for recommendation

2009-02-23 Thread Keaton Adams
What would you do in this situation? We are currently at PG 8.1 and are in the process of upgrading to 8.3.6. I read on your development roadmap page that 8.4 is slated for release in Q1 of this year, possibly on the 31st of March: "The next release of PostgreSQL is planned to be the 8.4 relea