On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, hamann.w@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
one thing you might want to consider is system lifetime: some distro may be set up so that you more or less have to reinstall within 2 years, if you plan to use update service - others may be longer. Now, fast development is great AND allows you to change to better hardware easily. It does however mean that you might get surprised with a different postgres version at times you dont really like it. If you plan to install from source, this would not be of any concern
Wolfgang, Most updates fix security vulnerabilities. If you keep current with those there's not a compelling need to upgrade the distribution itself unless you want to do so. There's a distinction between the distribution itself (kernel, and GNU tools) and the end-user applications bundled with the distribution. Also, the distributions with which I'm familiar allow you to select the applications to upgrade so you can avoid surprises. Rich -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
