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Subject: Re: default postgresql 7.4 -> 8.1, OK?
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On Feb 13, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 04:37:00PM +0100, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> As the maintainer of the PostgreSQL ports, I'm planning a move to  
>> set the
>> 8.1.x branch as the default version for FreeBSD. Now it is 7.4, which
>> starts to get a bit rusty.
>>
>> Any objections?
>
> Won't it break something? :)

It might.  But ports that *demand* 7.4 should prominently declare  
that, adn the simple fix is to install postgres before any other  
ports, so you can pick the version you want.  8.1 should be the  
default, if not 8.2...