ubuntu packages for 8.4

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#1Tim Uckun
timuckun@gmail.com

I don't see any ubuntu packages for 8.4 in the default repositories.

Does anybody know if they will be upgrading the postgresql package to
8.4 or creating a new package for it.

I'd rather use the packages than to compile it myself. If anybody has
an argument as to why I should compile it I am all ears.

TIA.

#2Bret Fledderjohn
freelancer317@gmail.com
In reply to: Tim Uckun (#1)
Re: ubuntu packages for 8.4

2009/7/9 Tim Uckun <timuckun@gmail.com>

I don't see any ubuntu packages for 8.4 in the default repositories.

Does anybody know if they will be upgrading the postgresql package to
8.4 or creating a new package for it.

I'd rather use the packages than to compile it myself. If anybody has
an argument as to why I should compile it I am all ears.

I just forwarded your message to Martin Pitt, he's the package maintain for
Postgres for Ubuntu (and Debian, I believe). I don't know if this is
planned for Karmic Koala (to be released in October).

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- Bret

#3Scott Bailey
artacus@comcast.net
In reply to: Tim Uckun (#1)
Re: ubuntu packages for 8.4

Tim Uckun wrote:

I don't see any ubuntu packages for 8.4 in the default repositories.

Does anybody know if they will be upgrading the postgresql package to
8.4 or creating a new package for it.

I'd rather use the packages than to compile it myself. If anybody has
an argument as to why I should compile it I am all ears.

TIA.

I was looking for this the other day. I found it in lenny backports, but
I haven't tried it yet.

http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/postgresql-8.4

#4Stuart Bishop
stuart@stuartbishop.net
In reply to: Tim Uckun (#1)
Re: ubuntu packages for 8.4

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Tim Uckun<timuckun@gmail.com> wrote:

I don't see any ubuntu packages for 8.4 in the default repositories.

Does anybody know if they will be upgrading the postgresql package to
8.4 or creating a new package for it.

The postgresql-8.4 packages arrived in 9.10 (Karmic) about two hours
ago. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-8.4

Assuming you are not running the 9.10 prerelease, you may want to
request a backport to whatever Ubuntu release you are running -
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackport. This should be no
drama.

Major postgresql releases always get a new package. This allows you to
have multiple major versions installed and running simultaneously.

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#5Tim Uckun
timuckun@gmail.com
In reply to: Stuart Bishop (#4)
Re: ubuntu packages for 8.4

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Stuart Bishop<stuart@stuartbishop.net> wrote:

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Tim Uckun<timuckun@gmail.com> wrote:

I don't see any ubuntu packages for 8.4 in the default repositories.

Does anybody know if they will be upgrading the postgresql package to
8.4 or creating a new package for it.

The postgresql-8.4 packages arrived in 9.10 (Karmic) about two hours
ago. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-8.4

Assuming you are not running the 9.10 prerelease, you may want to
request a backport to whatever Ubuntu release you are running -
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackport. This should be no
drama.

Major postgresql releases always get a new package. This allows you to
have multiple major versions installed and running simultaneously.

Awesome. Thanks a lot for the information.

#6Jasen Betts
jasen@xnet.co.nz
In reply to: Tim Uckun (#1)
Re: ubuntu packages for 8.4

On 2009-07-10, Tim Uckun <timuckun@gmail.com> wrote:

I don't see any ubuntu packages for 8.4 in the default repositories.

Does anybody know if they will be upgrading the postgresql package to
8.4 or creating a new package for it.

As 8.4 is not data-compatible with 8.3, it will be a new package.
if ubuntu are usiung pg-wrapper (like debian does) you will be able to
install both at the same time using the normal package manager.

I'd rather use the packages than to compile it myself. If anybody has
an argument as to why I should compile it I am all ears.

you should wait. 8.4 is in debian now so should be in ubuntu RSN.

#7Leif B. Kristensen
leif@solumslekt.org
In reply to: Jasen Betts (#6)
Re: ubuntu packages for 8.4

On Monday 13. July 2009, Jasen Betts wrote:

you should wait. 8.4 is in debian now so should be in ubuntu RSN.

One day I'm sure it will even be available in Gentoo.

*sigh*
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