I think Redhat added a postgresql-server84 package in RHEL5.5 but that's in addition to regular postgresql-server (8.1) package, not instead of it. Postgres 8.1 is the standard version on RHEL5.x. Since RHEL6 is based on Fedora12, I believe it will use Postgres 8.4.
On Jun 10, 8:23 am, Adam Nelson <a...@varud.com> wrote: > I agree with Simon, Jerome et al. > > Django 1.3 should feel free to go to 8.3 as a minimum Postgres if > there are db backend changes that could take advantage of those > versions' capabilities. > > Ubuntu Hardy (the previous LTS) uses Postgres 8.3 and RHEL 5.5 uses > 8.4. > > It really seems to me that the Django project allows for underlying > databases to simply be too old. Django 1.2 will be supported until > Django 1.4 is out, so people have the option to continue using 1.2 for > a very long time if their organization has an exceedingly long upgrade > cycle internally. In my mind, people in such organizations aren't > installing Django updates until a year after the release anyway. > > With that knowledge, I would personally support Django 1.3 having > minimums of Postgres 8.3 and MySQL 5.0 (again, if there is actual code > written to take advantage of those versions, not just for the hell of > it). > > -Adam > > Postgres Feature Matrix:http://www.postgresql.org/about/featurematrix > > MySQL 5.0.51a on Ubuntu > Hardy:http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/mysql-server-5.0 > > PostgresSQL 8.3.11 on Ubuntu Hardy:http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/postgresql -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
