Re: A quick question on CONTRIB package

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org> writes:
> ramakrishna(dot)reddy(at)indussoft(dot)com ("Ramakrishna Reddy") writes:
>> We have very huge databases in many installations and infact have
>> plans for upgrading to latest releases. But as we are not very sure
>> about the stability of post 7.2.1 versions, refrained from doing
>> that. Could you please suggest me which version is the best in terms
>> of stability, performance and minimal bugs. We want to upgrade this
>> on both our Windows as well as Linux environments.

> Well, there are only three versions worth considering:
> ...
> It all seems to point to 8.1.4 being the best candidate.

I'm having a hard time not rolling on the floor laughing at this
discussion.  If 7.2.1 is your standard of comparison, any of the later
branches are super stable ...

A more serious point is that 7.2.x to 8.x is a big jump in terms of 
behavior; there were a lot of not-so-compatible changes in between.
Porting their application code first to 7.4 and then to 8.1 might be a
good plan in terms of not dealing with too many things at once.
I don't suggest moving their production databases twice, just divvying
up the work of testing and updating their applications.

			regards, tom lane