PostgreSQL 8.4 or 9.0 for Natty?

[Martin Pitt]

Hello Robert,

Robert Collins [2011-02-11  6:39 +1300]:
> FWIW, as a postgresql user, Launchpad has the same desire here that we
> have for the rest of our platform - continuity as we upgrade LTS->LTS.
> So I'm ecstatic to see 9.0, and maybe even 9.1 in the next LTS, but we
> need either that version in a PPA, or 8.4 in a PPA, to let us decouple
> os-upgrade from DB-upgrade.

That's not actually a problem, as long as -8.4's dependencies can
still be satisfied in the next LTS. You'll still keep the 8.4 packages
installed during upgrades, and the debconf note will point you how to
upgrade to 9.0.

Martin
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