Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I'm in the process of upgrading a Fedora 10 box to 11. So >> far, Fedora's repository carries only 8.3.7. I am a bit he- >> sitant to use the yum.pgsqlrpms.org repository's packages as >> I like to keep the number of repositories as small as possi- >> ble. So: >> - Is there any ETA for official Fedora 11 packages? > Yes: never. The Fedora package series for F-11 will be 8.3.x and > nothing but. F-12 will have 8.4.x. That's a pity. >> - If I'd use yum.pgsqlrpms.org's packages, can I later re- >> place them with Fedora packages without any surprises? > Well, that would be going back a major PG version, which is just as > problematic as going forward a major version, in fact more so. > If you don't mind a dump/initdb/reload cycle then you can try it, > but there's no guarantee an 8.4 pg_dump file will load into 8.3 > without some manual editing. No, I meant replacing yum.pgsqlrpms.org's packages with sometime-in-the-future-released Fedora 11 PostgreSQL 8.*4* packages. With the situation at hand, I will install the yum.pgsqlrpms.org repository and, come Fedora 12, decide then how to proceed. Thanks, Tim -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
