Bug#755096: transition: postgresql-9.4
Control: forwarded -1 https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/postgresql-9.4.html
On 17/07/14 20:12, Christoph Berg wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: transition
>
> Hi,
>
> we currently have PostgreSQL 9.3 in unstable/testing. PostgreSQL 9.4.0
> will be releasing around September. 9.4~beta1 is already in
> experimental, and 9.4~beta2 will release next Thursday.
>
> Our plan is to upload this beta2 of postgresql-9.4 to unstable, and
> set the 9.4 as the only supported PostgreSQL version as per
> /usr/share/postgresql-common/supported-versions. postgresql-9.3 will
> stay in unstable (and testing) until all dependencies have been moved
> to 9.4. This is mostly just recompiling the extension module packages;
> most will adjust to the new version automatically.
>
> I've tested most of the "interesting" packages, most of them do not
> have any issues with 9.4. For a handful, fixes have already been made
> upstream, pending new releases, and some need some trivial debian/
> updating. All in all, atm there is only one package (pg-reorg) which I
> know isn't 9.4-ready, and that's probably just a matter of pinging
> upstream (TBD).
>
> As with the other PostgreSQL server packages, we will provide new
> minor versions as upstream releases them, so jessie should be
> releasing with something like 9.4.2, which sounds like a nice target.
>
> I believe this transition should only require little (if any) release
> team attention (no group of packages should need to enter testing in
> parallel), though of course we'd like your opinion. Does this plan
> look sane?
Does all the stuff that says "todo" on the wiki need major work?
Do you think all/most of that can be switched to 9.4 by November?
Cheers,
Emilio
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