To: pgsql-announce@postgresql.org
Subject: PostgreSQL 8.3.3, 8.2.9 etc. Update Release
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:20:40 -0700
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Updates for all maintained versions of PostgreSQL are available today: 8.3.=
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8.2.9, 8.1.13, 8.0.17 and 7.4.21. =A0These releases fix more than two dozen=
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minor issues reported and patched over the last few months. =A0All PostgreS=
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users should plan to update at their earliest convenience. Users of UTF-8=20
databases on Windows and people in affected time zones, in particular, shou=
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upgrade as soon as possible.

The issues fixed include a crash caused by encoding mismatch on Windows,=20
possible crash when decompressing corrupted data, non-optimization of some=
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parameterized queries, new time zone updates, SIGTERM-caused memory=20
corruption, runaway LWLocks with GIN indexes, and several more. =A0Read the=
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release notes to see if any of the issues affect you.

As with other minor releases, users are not required to dump and reload the=
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database in order to apply this update release; you may simply upgrade the=
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PostgreSQL binaries. =A0Users skipping more than one update may need to che=
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the release notes for extra, post-update steps. =A0As previously announced,=
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only versions 8.2.9 and 8.3.3 of the Windows binaries are being released, a=
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we no longer support 8.0 and 8.1 on Windows.

Release Notes:
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release.h=
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Source Code
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source
Binaries
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary

Please note: we "skipped" a minor release number due to an issue found with=
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the 8.3.2 etc. release bundles, which were never announced but were availab=
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via FTP for a few days.  If for some reason you downloaded versions 8.3.2,=
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8.2.8, 8.1.12, 8.0.16 or 7.4.20, please replace them with the new update=20
immediately.

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PostgreSQL Global Development Group