Обсуждение: 7.4RC2 vs 7.4
Just wondering if there were indeed any changes between 7.4 and 7.4RC2. I had to go live with 7.4RC2 on the weekend (it passed all of our tests quite well and we needed some of its features). Was RC2 simply stamped 'Final' or were there any last fixes that I should worry about? Cheers, Chris -- Christopher Murtagh Enterprise Systems Administrator ISR / Web Communications Group McGill University Montreal, Quebec Canada Tel.: (514) 398-3122 Fax: (514) 398-2017
On 18 Nov 2003, Christopher Murtagh wrote: > > Just wondering if there were indeed any changes between 7.4 and 7.4RC2. > I had to go live with 7.4RC2 on the weekend (it passed all of our tests > quite well and we needed some of its features). Was RC2 simply stamped > 'Final' or were there any last fixes that I should worry about? There was some issue with Solaris and IPV6/IPV4 or something like that that popped up late in 7.4RC2 to 7.4 I believe. I think the decision was that in order to fix it, postgresql would have to code around broken operating systems, and that isn't something that postgresql should have to do, i.e. let Solaris get fixed, or delay the fix until it can be better tested and maybe roll it into a 7.4.x release. Also, some code for dates was fixed at the last minute, to make postgresql accept the uncommon but obviously correct date format of "1999-feb-02" or something like that. It might affect your date handling, but shouldn't. Again, I'm not sure exactly what was changed on this, but it's a place to look on your test server before going live to 7.4. Anything I miss / get wrong / leave out?
scott.marlowe wrote: > On 18 Nov 2003, Christopher Murtagh wrote: > > > > > Just wondering if there were indeed any changes between 7.4 and 7.4RC2. > > I had to go live with 7.4RC2 on the weekend (it passed all of our tests > > quite well and we needed some of its features). Was RC2 simply stamped > > 'Final' or were there any last fixes that I should worry about? > > There was some issue with Solaris and IPV6/IPV4 or something like that > that popped up late in 7.4RC2 to 7.4 I believe. I think the decision was > that in order to fix it, postgresql would have to code around broken > operating systems, and that isn't something that postgresql should have to > do, i.e. let Solaris get fixed, or delay the fix until it can be better > tested and maybe roll it into a 7.4.x release. We did add it for 7.4 final. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
<br /> Has any thing happened from 7.4Rc2 to 7.4 that requires me<br /> to initdb , dump and reload?<br /><br /> Regds<br/> Mallah.<br /><br /> scott.marlowe wrote:<br /><blockquote cite="midPine.LNX.4.33.0311181415550.26776-100000@css120.ihs.com"type="cite"><pre wrap="">On 18 Nov 2003, Christopher Murtaghwrote: </pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap=""> Just wondering if there were indeed any changes between 7.4 and 7.4RC2. I had to go live with 7.4RC2 on the weekend (it passed all of our tests quite well and we needed some of its features). Was RC2 simply stamped 'Final' or were there any last fixes that I should worry about? </pre></blockquote><pre wrap=""> There was some issue with Solaris and IPV6/IPV4 or something like that that popped up late in 7.4RC2 to 7.4 I believe. I think the decision was that in order to fix it, postgresql would have to code around broken operating systems, and that isn't something that postgresql should have to do, i.e. let Solaris get fixed, or delay the fix until it can be better tested and maybe roll it into a 7.4.x release. Also, some code for dates was fixed at the last minute, to make postgresql accept the uncommon but obviously correct date format of "1999-feb-02" or something like that. It might affect your date handling, but shouldn't. Again, I'm not sure exactly what was changed on this, but it's a place to look on your test server before going live to 7.4. Anything I miss / get wrong / leave out? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"href="mailto:majordomo@postgresql.org">majordomo@postgresql.org</a> so that your messagecan get through to the mailing list cleanly </pre></blockquote><br />