Control: forwarded -1 https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/postgresql-9.4.html
On 17/07/14 20:12, Christoph Berg wrote: > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org > Usertags: transition > > Hi, > > we currently have PostgreSQL 9.3 in unstable/testing. PostgreSQL 9.4.0 > will be releasing around September. 9.4~beta1 is already in > experimental, and 9.4~beta2 will release next Thursday. > > Our plan is to upload this beta2 of postgresql-9.4 to unstable, and > set the 9.4 as the only supported PostgreSQL version as per > /usr/share/postgresql-common/supported-versions. postgresql-9.3 will > stay in unstable (and testing) until all dependencies have been moved > to 9.4. This is mostly just recompiling the extension module packages; > most will adjust to the new version automatically. > > I've tested most of the "interesting" packages, most of them do not > have any issues with 9.4. For a handful, fixes have already been made > upstream, pending new releases, and some need some trivial debian/ > updating. All in all, atm there is only one package (pg-reorg) which I > know isn't 9.4-ready, and that's probably just a matter of pinging > upstream (TBD). > > As with the other PostgreSQL server packages, we will provide new > minor versions as upstream releases them, so jessie should be > releasing with something like 9.4.2, which sounds like a nice target. > > I believe this transition should only require little (if any) release > team attention (no group of packages should need to enter testing in > parallel), though of course we'd like your opinion. Does this plan > look sane? Does all the stuff that says "todo" on the wiki need major work? Do you think all/most of that can be switched to 9.4 by November? Cheers, Emilio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
