[oi-dev] Future of PostgreSQL on OpenIndiana

[Andreas Wacknitz]

Hi all,

at the moment PostgreSQL 9.6 is our version that is being used for all
packages that need PostgreSQL. This version is not supported upstream
for some months now. The oldest supported version is 10 and this would
be the obvious new version to use for us.
Alas, obsoleting a PostgreSQL version in OpenIndiana means some work to
be done and it looks like nobody is interested enough to do this work
regularly.

So, my question is how we should proceed with PostgreSQL. Obsoleting 9.6
and using 10 as our default would mean that in less than 9 months
according to https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/ we will need
to touch PostgreSQL again. We will need a volunteer to do this or we
might think about skipping some versions of PostgreSQL now.

What is your opinion?

Andreas