On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 16:07 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > "Scott Marlowe" <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Gauthier, Dave > > <dave.gauthier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Time for an upgrade. How stable is 8.3.3 ? > > > If I was deploying to production today, I'd use 8.3.3 no questions. > > FWIW, 8.3.4, which is due out Monday, squashes about half a dozen > interesting bugs that are not also present in 8.2.x. I'd venture that > as of 8.3.4 we are about down to the point where 8.3.latest and > 8.2.latest are of equivalent reliability. Which is not to say that > 8.3.x won't still have some new bugs not present in 8.2.x, but that > I think it'll be about a wash when you consider the problems 8.3 fixes > that are unfixable in 8.2. Reliability is a wide topic. 8.2 reliably works as intended, though 8.3 certainly has better "intentions" as to how things *should* work. I would say that 8.3 has fewer "unintended consequences" for the average user and a ton of benefits: http://www.2ndquadrant.com/download/Postgres_Performance_Update.pdf If your definition of software reliability includes good behavioural characteristics as well as absence of bugs, then 8.3 is a must. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
