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Re: PostgreSql Version



Ok. I have just sent an e-mail stating that it is possible from Debian
and Ubuntu but with a few tricks. Perhaps these tricks are easier than
LedgerSMB supporting 7.4. I got it working and I am not a savvy admin,
just a basic Debian and Ubuntu hacker. 

On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 13:42 -0700, Chris Travers wrote:
> Hi;
> 
> I just want to weigh in here and provide my logic here:
> 
> PostgreSQL 7.3 will likely be officially unsupported by the PostgreSQL
> core team quite soon.  PostgreSQL 7.4 would follow within a year.
> This means that critical bug and security fixes would have to be
> backported by third parties if we agreed to support these versions.  I
> think the core team of our project would rather stick with officially
> supported versions but are willing to provide technical guidance to
> those who want to use the software on older versions of PostgreSQL.  I
> have no interest in endorsing this application on versions of the
> database software which are no longer supported.
>