Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> Enterprises are not going to compile. They are going to accept the >> latest support by vendor release. >> >> Redhat has a tendency to be incredibly stupid about this particular >> area of their packaging. > Stupid how? Red Hat feels (apparently accurately, judging by their subscription revenue ;-)) that what RHEL customers want is a platform that's stable over multi-year application lifespans. So major incompatible changes in the system software are not looked on with favor. That's why RHEL4 is still shipping PG 7.4.*. You can call it a stupid policy if you like, but it's hard to argue with success. However, there will be an RH-supported release of PG 8.1.* as an optional add-on for RHEL4. Real Soon Now, I hope --- the release date has been pushed back a couple times already. regards, tom lane
