Обсуждение: PostgreSQL 8.2.3
Hi - I'm trying to find where I can download PostgreSQL 8.2.3. I've looked on the PostgreSQL website but I do not see version 8.2.3 specifically. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jason -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/PostgreSQL-8-2-3-tp3258962p3258962.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
On 10/11/2010 16:31, Jason wrote: > > Hi - I'm trying to find where I can download PostgreSQL 8.2.3. > > I've looked on the PostgreSQL website but I do not see version 8.2.3 > specifically. I'm sure you're going to get a tonne of replies pointing out that you should use 8.2.18, which is 15 releases' worth of bug fixes and security patches. :-) Seriously though, why do you want that specific version? Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland rod@iol.ie
On 11/10/10 8:31 AM, Jason wrote: > Hi - I'm trying to find where I can download PostgreSQL 8.2.3. > > I've looked on the PostgreSQL website but I do not see version 8.2.3 > specifically. > > Any help would be appreciated. thats a rather old (feb 2007) and fairly buggy release. 8.2.18 is the current 8.2 release, and should be fully compatible with an 8.2.3 /data/ directory, with the caveat that you should reindex after installing it.
Raymond O'Donnell <rod@iol.ie> wrote: > On 10/11/2010 16:31, Jason wrote: >> >> Hi - I'm trying to find where I can download PostgreSQL 8.2.3. >> >> I've looked on the PostgreSQL website but I do not see version 8.2.3 >> specifically. > > I'm sure you're going to get a tonne of replies pointing out that you > should use 8.2.18, which is 15 releases' worth of bug fixes and security > patches. No, 9.0.1 ;-) Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889°
Thanks for the replies. Yes - we're aware that there are newer versions of PostgreSQL out there. If it were completely up to us we would be using 8.2.18 or even 8.4. The problem is - we need to install on a network that has a rather involved approval process for all software tools that are introduced. 8.2.3 was previously approved. Getting a newer version of PostgreSQL approved would probably take time that we do not have given the time-critical nature of our effort. Is 8.2.3 still available anywhere on the PostgreSQL site? I couldn't find it. Thanks, Jason -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/PostgreSQL-8-2-3-tp3258962p3259053.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 09:30:46AM -0800, Jason wrote: > > Thanks for the replies. > > Yes - we're aware that there are newer versions of PostgreSQL out there. If > it were completely up to us we would be using 8.2.18 or even 8.4. The > problem is - we need to install on a network that has a rather involved > approval process for all software tools that are introduced. 8.2.3 was > previously approved. Getting a newer version of PostgreSQL approved would > probably take time that we do not have given the time-critical nature of our > effort. > > Is 8.2.3 still available anywhere on the PostgreSQL site? I couldn't find > it. No, and for good reason. That your organization's process is onerous and silly does not by any means imply that the PostgreSQL project needs to take any steps to accommodate itself to that process. What you need to do is start that process and work to make it shorter for PostgreSQL upgrades, or failing that, find something to do with your life, because processes like that are a bright red warning sign of the kind of dysfunction that tanks organizations, no matter how big or important they are. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <david@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter@gmail.com iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
On 10/11/2010 17:30, Jason wrote: > > Thanks for the replies. > > Yes - we're aware that there are newer versions of PostgreSQL out there. If > it were completely up to us we would be using 8.2.18 or even 8.4. The > problem is - we need to install on a network that has a rather involved > approval process for all software tools that are introduced. 8.2.3 was > previously approved. Getting a newer version of PostgreSQL approved would > probably take time that we do not have given the time-critical nature of our > effort. > > Is 8.2.3 still available anywhere on the PostgreSQL site? I couldn't find > it. I had a quick look at http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/, and according to the README in the OLD directory, anything older in the 8.2 line than 8.2.16 is held at ftp://ftp-archives.postgresql.org; but that server isn't responding. Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland rod@iol.ie
On 11/10/10 9:30 AM, Jason wrote: > Thanks for the replies. > > Yes - we're aware that there are newer versions of PostgreSQL out there. If > it were completely up to us we would be using 8.2.18 or even 8.4. The > problem is - we need to install on a network that has a rather involved > approval process for all software tools that are introduced. 8.2.3 was > previously approved. Getting a newer version of PostgreSQL approved would > probably take time that we do not have given the time-critical nature of our > effort. wow, thats pretty messed up. so you're exposed to 3+ years of security exposures and data corruption bugs, and can't install sub-version updates without going through a major approval process? > Is 8.2.3 still available anywhere on the PostgreSQL site? I couldn't find > it. it appears the ftp-archive site is down. was that approval for a specific binary distribution? or just a blanket approval for anything you compile from the 8.2.3 sources?
On 10 November 2010 17:30, Jason <jason.friess@lmco.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the replies. > > Yes - we're aware that there are newer versions of PostgreSQL out there. If > it were completely up to us we would be using 8.2.18 or even 8.4. The > problem is - we need to install on a network that has a rather involved > approval process for all software tools that are introduced. 8.2.3 was > previously approved. Getting a newer version of PostgreSQL approved would > probably take time that we do not have given the time-critical nature of our > effort. It's pretty obvious to all of us that what you're doing is far riskier than just upgrading to 8.2.18, and makes absolutely no sense. There are no behavioural differences between 8.2.3 and 8.2.18. We are *extremely* conservative and disciplined about release management, so that users don''t have to worry about this stuff. -- Regards, Peter Geoghegan
Jason <jason.friess@lmco.com> writes: > Yes - we're aware that there are newer versions of PostgreSQL out there. If > it were completely up to us we would be using 8.2.18 or even 8.4. The > problem is - we need to install on a network that has a rather involved > approval process for all software tools that are introduced. 8.2.3 was > previously approved. Getting a newer version of PostgreSQL approved would > probably take time that we do not have given the time-critical nature of our > effort. You really need to get that approval process fixed. Ammunition for an update can be found here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/release.html Even if you think you're immune to all the various security issues that have been fixed since 8.2.3, there are mainstream-case data corruption issues fixed in (at least) 8.2.5 and 8.2.10 that *will*, sooner or later, bite you on the rear. Refusing to accept bugfix updates is not a path to improved reliability. > Is 8.2.3 still available anywhere on the PostgreSQL site? I couldn't find > it. Ancient source tarballs here: ftp://ftp-archives.postgresql.org (although that seems to be refusing connections right now, I'll bug Marc about it) or you could check out the appropriate tag from our git repository. I don't think we keep old binary versions around anywhere. regards, tom lane
On 10 Nov 2010, at 18:30, Jason wrote: > Thanks for the replies. > > Yes - we're aware that there are newer versions of PostgreSQL out there. If > it were completely up to us we would be using 8.2.18 or even 8.4. The > problem is - we need to install on a network that has a rather involved > approval process for all software tools that are introduced. 8.2.3 was > previously approved. Getting a newer version of PostgreSQL approved would > probably take time that we do not have given the time-critical nature of our > effort. What happens if for some other piece of approved software a patch comes out? Do you need to approve the patched version ofthe software again or is it okay to apply it? I think you may have made an error by getting specifically PG 8.2.3 approved. I think you should have tried to get 8.2 (withoutthe minor version number) approved instead. Also, now is probably a good time to start with getting 8.4 or even 9.0 approved, so that you can upgrade in the not toodistant future. Alban Hertroys -- If you can't see the forest for the trees, cut the trees and you'll see there is no forest. !DSPAM:737,4cdae95810261036690396!
On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 09:30 -0800, Jason wrote: > > Is 8.2.3 still available anywhere on the PostgreSQL site? I couldn't > find it. Please check ftp-archives.postgresql.org -- Devrim GÜNDÜZ PostgreSQL Danışmanı/Consultant, Red Hat Certified Engineer PostgreSQL RPM Repository: http://yum.pgrpms.org Community: devrim~PostgreSQL.org, devrim.gunduz~linux.org.tr http://www.gunduz.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/devrimgunduz
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On 11/10/10 6:08 PM, Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote: > On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 09:30 -0800, Jason wrote: >> Is 8.2.3 still available anywhere on the PostgreSQL site? I couldn't >> find it. > Please check ftp-archives.postgresql.org ah, its back up now ftp://ftp-archives.postgresql.org/pub/source/v8.2.3/