PostgreSQL 8.4 or 9.0 for Natty?

[Dustin Kirkland]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Martin Pitt <martin.pitt at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> So I was wondering which version we should ship in Natty? 8.4, with
> the usual set of packaged extensions, or 9.0 to provide the latest and
> greatest, but with by and large no packaged extensions at all?
>
> My gut feeling and plan so far was the former (8.4), and to provide
> 9.0 in my PPA for those who need it. Now that Debian has thawed, I
> think we'll see extensions packaged for 9.0 soon, so that in 11.10 we
> can finally switch over.

Hey Martin,

If the extensions aren't packaged, I think we risk regressing many
users' Postgres functionality, and these users probably won't upgrade
to 11.04 (or will upgrade, and be very disappointed with the
experience).  Your suggestion (stick with 8.4, and put 9.0 in a PPA)
sounds reasonable to me.

Dustin