Re: Stable Package: PostgreSQL 9.1 to 9.3 ?

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Subject: Re: Stable Package: PostgreSQL 9.1 to 9.3 ?
From: John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:43:51 -0600
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] BAY175-W47BF6C3A63688D99914DFD81EF0@phx.gbl> (Jonathan Fortin's message of "Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:45:27 -0500")
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Jonathan Fortin writes:
> So, I would like to know if is a good practice or not to install a new
> version which doesn't come from the release.

It is always best to stick to the official Debian package when possible.
Upstream debs are sometimes not very high quality.  9.3 is now in
Unstable: is there a backport?  If not, and you need 9.3 functionality,
you might want to contact the Postgresql maintainer about doing one.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA

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