When will 8.1 be EOLed?

2010/12/2 Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim@gunduz.org>:

IIRC we announced that we will EOL 8.1 in 2010 -- given that we are now
in December, will it be done soon?

(As a packager, I'll be happy to drop is ASAP, so that I can use those
VMs for new OSes).

We even said November 2010 - see
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_Release_Support_Policy.

The usual policy is we'll put out one more minor release and that's
the final one. So the answer is "whenever we put out the next batch of
minor releases".

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Excerpts from Devrim GÜNDÜZ's message of jue dic 02 10:10:28 -0300 2010:

IIRC we announced that we will EOL 8.1 in 2010 -- given that we are now
in December, will it be done soon?

(As a packager, I'll be happy to drop is ASAP, so that I can use those
VMs for new OSes).

My guess is that the next update will be the last one for 8.1.

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On 12/02/2010 08:10 AM, Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote:

IIRC we announced that we will EOL 8.1 in 2010 -- given that we are now
in December, will it be done soon?

(As a packager, I'll be happy to drop is ASAP, so that I can use those
VMs for new OSes).

EOL does not mean we simply drop the branch on the floor. The policy at
<http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_Release_Support_Policy&gt;
states: "The first version update released after the EOL date will
normally be the final one for that version. Note that this can extend
support shortly past the listed date." That "shortly" could amount to
several months, and has in the past.

(I'm not sure I understand why you need a separate VM for each branch,
as your post seems to imply.)

cheers

andrew