At 7:08 PM +0000 12/22/07, Dave Page wrote:
> > ------- Original Message -------
>> From: Chuck <chuckr@velofish.com>
>> To: Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>
>> Sent: 22/12/07, 18:51:09
>> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] installation on Mac OS X 10.5.1
>>
>> Thanks. If I take this approach will it be straightforward to upgrade
>> from one beta to the next (assuming that there will be more betas)
>> then to upgrade to the release version? Will I be able to use the
>> EnterpriseDB Postgres installer for the release version?
>
>Yes, the installer supports minor version upgrades. The only
>exception would be if an initdb forced again before release (as
>happened between beta3 & beta4), but the community try not to do
>that this close to release. If it does though, a dump/reload would
>be required.
okay, that seems fine.
>Do remember that it's currently a beta, and until that changes
>(which should be early next year) shouldn't be considered as ready
>for production use.
Yes, thanks for the reminder. I'm using this as a private in-house
database for about 5 people. If there's a very serious bug in 8.3,
I'm assuming the I could uninstall 8.3 then install 8.2.5 (assuming
that I'm not using any 8.3 features).
Thanks again,
Chuck