Re: [Fwd: Re: [ANNOUNCE] spreading the word on new PostgreSQL software appliance]

Dave Page wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> 
> > I hate to bring this up but --- although they download Postgres updates
> > from Ubuntu, because it is a live cd don't they revert with a their
> > CD-pressed version of Postgres every time they reboot.  :-(
> 
> At which point they'll lose their data too. I'm not entirely convinced
> that a live CD necessarily needs to be entirely up to date with the
> latest bug fixes. They are after all designed for people to have a
> quick play with, without needing to touch their regular OS
> installation.
> 
> On the other hand, the TurnKey option does say it can run in a VM,
> where presumably it would retain both updates and data.

Agreed --- it just seemed odd that they would lose a security update.

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