Opened 12 years ago
Closed 12 years ago
#19968 closed Cleanup/optimization (fixed)
Drop support for PostgreSQL < 8.4
| Reported by: | Aymeric Augustin | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Component: | Database layer (models, ORM) | Version: | dev |
| Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Accepted | |
| Has patch: | yes | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
Description
http://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/ gives the following EOL dates:
- 8.2: December 2011
- 8.3: February 2013
Django still contains some code and docs related to bugs in PostgreSQL 8.2. We can get rid of it.
Change History (5)
comment:1 by , 12 years ago
| Triage Stage: | Unreviewed → Accepted |
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comment:2 by , 12 years ago
Seems like in the Ubuntu camp things are OK too: the Apr 2008 (8.04) Long term Support (LST) release that included Postgresql 8.3.x ends its five-year server edition support period in Apr 2013. The newer 10.04 and 12.04 LTS releases ship 8.4 or newer.
If you use RHEL or Suse please post any research you could make as a comment to this ticket.
comment:3 by , 12 years ago
From http://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/redhat/: RHEL 5 ships PostgreSQL 8.1, which isn't supported by Django any more, and offers separate packages for PostgreSQL 8.4. RHEL 6 ships PostgreSQL 8.4.
For more details on RHEL 5, see http://blog.endpoint.com/2010/09/postgresql-84-in-rhelcentos-55.html, which confirms the above.
I couldn't find similar information for Suse.
comment:5 by , 12 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
This is at least safe from the Debian stable (squeeze) pov, which has version 8.4.16, http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/postgresql