On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 02:08:01AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Don Y <pgsql@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Jim C. Nasby wrote: > >> This is a very minor reason why you should be running the most recent > >> 8.0.x release and not 8.0.3. A much bigger reason is that there are > >> data-loss bugs that have been fixed. > > > The folks watching the Postgres releases haven't yet said > > we need to "step forward". > > Are these folks actually watching, or just asleep at the wheel? > > 8.0.4, 8.0.5, and 8.0.6 each contain a fix for a can-bite-anyone-at- > any-time data-loss bug. Even if you are convinced you do not care > about any of the numerous other bugs those releases fix, I will have > zero sympathy for you when your 8.0.3 installation eats your data > because of one of those bugs. Maybe we should place greater emphasis on data-loss bugs in the release notes? Looking at the 8.0.6 notes for example, the first data loss fix is actually the second on the list, behind some less critical windows-only fix. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
