El Martes, 5 de Febrero de 2008, Gerfried Fuchs escribió: > * Adrián Ribao Martínez <aribao@gmail.com> [2008-02-05 14:23:33 CET]: > > yesterday was released postgresql 8.3, with a lot of new features and > > improvements. > > That's a pretty quick request - usually it should be given some time to > stabilize. But given that Martin is tracking it pretty well himself and > switch to pg 8.3 RC as default already in unstable I think it might > still be a reasonable request anyway. > > > The version 8.3 RC2 is already in testing and 8.3.0-1 in SID. > > I do the backports of 8.2 already and am aware of it - and well, I > thought it doesn't make much sense to upload a RC already, even if I'm > aware that Martin is doing a great job here. > > > RC2 was the last release candidate, I have already installed it at > > home and it works ok. > > Thanks, will give it a shot. > > > Now I'd like use 8.3 in my Debian etch server, so I hope you guys can > > include it soon in the backports. Is there any plan about that? > > I have it on my agenda, just not with an urgent priority. Are the new > features and improvements really that stunning to rush it in? > > So long, > Rhonda Well, actually, they are. Full-text included in the core and good speed improvements are good reasons, but there are a lot more: http://www.postgresql.org/about/press/features83.html I might say, this is one of the most wanted releases. It's been several months testing the 8.3 version with betas and RCs, and they made a great job. IMHO the features and improvements are really really good. Thank you. -- Adrián Ribao Martínez
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