[oi-dev] Moving on with postgresql

[Till Wegmueller]

Hi Gary

I use Postgres and extensions for all Applications I develop 
professionally and privately.

We use mostly 12 and upwards 13 being the standard and I am waiting for 
14 to hit. The last Bugfix release for 9.5 was on 2021-02-11 so quite 
recently.

I would love to have 13 and modern 12 packaged, especially as we have a 
build server for them sponsored by the Oi community. So we know it 
builds even on current develop.

My preference for the record is to have 13, 12 and 11. Older ones should 
only be used for people still needing them. AWS only offers those in 
their offerings as well, so not many people will want 10 or older.

-Till

On 17.04.21 18:46, Gary Mills wrote:
> OI currently has postgresql versions: 95 96 10 11 12 .  The OI
> default, in shared-macros.mk, is 95 .  However, the postgresql
> developers report that 95 is unsupported, but 13 is available and
> supported.  Something has to change in OI to move forward with
> postgresql.
> 
> Here are some actions that could be taken with OI.  We could change
> the default version to 10.  I, myself, would prefer 11.  We could
> obsolete 95.  I'd prefer obsoleting 95 and 96.  We could add version
> 13, but only after 96 is obsoleted.  We should limit the number of
> postgresql versions in OI, after all.  Finally, we could make no
> obsoletions or additions, retaining even the unsupported 95.  Which
> would you prefer?
> 
> I have not investigated two questions.  Perhaps you can tell me?  What
> are the consequences of obsoleting 95?  What are the consequences of
> the default change?
> 
>