Re: Removing postgresql83

[David Holland <dholland-pkgusers%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 06:09:57PM +0200, Adam Ciarci?ski wrote:
 > >> This version has reached EOL in February 2013, so I think we should
 > >> remove it, especially in light of the recent security problem for
 > >> which there'll be no official fix:
 > >> 
 > >> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CABUevEyk=_fZG7yQrFz4n18AQRdFbvYE=V2X=sYihUf=cGVnWA%mail.gmail.com@localhost
 > >> 
 > >> Also, we still have 8.4 in pkgsrc, so there shouldn't be any big
 > >> migration problems.
 > > 
 > > Actually, I'd prefer if we drop 8.4 as well, given that we have 9.0 till
 > > 9.2 in the system. Updating to 8.4 is as much work as updating to 9.x,
 > > since it is before pg_update can be deployed.
 > 
 > Seconded.
 > I can kill both 8.3 and 8.4 later today, and update the rest.

Please keep 8.4 for at least a couple more weeks, so people can apply
the security fix and then plan migration!

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David A. Holland
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