Re: For production: 8.4 or 8.3?

"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> It depends, 8.3 and 8.4 are not compatible by default (because of
> --integer-datetimes). So, yeah if you are running Debian/Ubuntu but if
> you are running Cent/RH with the defaults, pg_migrator isn't going to
> work unless you compile Pg from source.

Oh?  You think RH/Cent is going to change that default now?  Think again.

Of course the real question is whether you trust pg_migrator to not eat
your data.  Those who are afraid to trust 8.4.0 will probably not care
to trust pg_migrator for a few versions yet either...

            regards, tom lane