Обсуждение: PostgreSQL 9.0 RPM repository
I noticed today that although the PGDG repository indicates that Fedora 11 is supported (http://yum.pgrpms.org/), it seems to only have PostgreSQL 9.0 Alpha4 RPM's are available in it. Was this intentional? If FC11 and earlier aren't supported not having the "latest" stuff might make sense..but to say that they are supported but have an Alpha version of the software might lead people to (erroneously) installing an unstable version of PostgreSQL on their systems. Can someone please update the repository or maybe clarify things on the RPM site? thanks -- Chander Ganesan Open Technology Group, Inc. One Copley Parkway, Suite 210 Morrisville, NC 27560 919-463-0999/877-258-8987 http://www.otg-nc.com
On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 08:02 -0400, Chander Ganesan wrote: > I noticed today that although the PGDG repository indicates that > Fedora 11 is supported (http://yum.pgrpms.org/), it seems to only > have PostgreSQL 9.0 Alpha4 RPM's are available in it. > > Was this intentional? Well, yes. The master RPM buildfarm served us for about 3 years, and it died. Then, I switched to a new server, and I had to drop Fedora < 10. The downside was that the machine belonged to my previous employer, and now we don't have an active RPM buildfarm... Actually I have all virtual machines, and it is connected to a new really powerful machine at home. I just don't have time nowadays to update some packages. Probably in next minor release round. That day is also the day that we will start using new URL > If FC11 and earlier aren't supported not having > the "latest" stuff might make sense..but to say that they are > supported but have an Alpha version of the software might lead people > to (erroneously) installing an unstable version of PostgreSQL on > their systems. OTOH, Fedora 7+ is still supported in SVN. You can build your own RPMs... -- Devrim GÜNDÜZ Principal Systems Engineer @ EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com PostgreSQL Danışmanı/Consultant, Red Hat Certified Engineer Community: devrim~PostgreSQL.org, devrim.gunduz~linux.org.tr http://www.gunduz.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/devrimgunduz
On 3/15/11 8:35 AM, Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote: >> If FC11 and earlier aren't supported not having >> the "latest" stuff might make sense..but to say that they are >> supported but have an Alpha version of the software might lead people >> to (erroneously) installing an unstable version of PostgreSQL on >> their systems. > OTOH, Fedora 7+ is still supported in SVN. You can build your own > RPMs... Understood, but I think many users that use the RPM installers don't know how to do that - or might not realize they are getting an old version of PostgreSQL. If they follow the Yum HOWTO they end up with something that's likely to break at some point (Alpha4) Seems like it makes the most sense to just say those versions are unsupported via the RPM install...currently what's out there is, IMHO, misleading. -- Chander Ganesan Open Technology Group, Inc. 1 Copley Parkway, Suite 210 Morrisville, NC 27560 919-463-0999/877-258-8987 http://www.otg-nc.com