Joshua D. Drake escribió: > Tom Lane wrote: > > "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Erik Jones wrote: > >>> I really hope you meant upgrades to 8.2.x. And, no, it's not worth > >>> waiting. Upgrade at the soonest available opportunity, expecially the > >>> 7.4.x servers. > > > >> I don't really agree with this. If he is running 7.4.16 there very well > >> may be zero compelling reason for him to upgrade. > > > > Really? There are any number of anecdotal reports of massive speed > > improvements between 7.x and various 8.x versions. Not to mention a > > few feature improvements. > > There is zero question that 8.2 is faster than 7.4 *but* if 7.4 isn't > slow for them... Note, that I meant no reason for him to upgrade 7.4 > *right now*. He could wait for 8.3. (I think he should get off 7.4 in > general) He could wait for 8.4 as well, as it will be probably faster and have more features than 8.3. Following your reasoning, one could wait essentially forever. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
