Re: What Linux edition we should chose?

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Clemens Schwaighofer
<clemens_schwaighofer(at)e-gra(dot)co(dot)jp> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I run debian/testing since years and it is the best in my opinion.
> Besides the fact that new versions come in quite fast (after the wait
> phase from unstable to testing) the upgrade for major versions (eg 8.3
> to 8.4) is very simple as it does not override the old files but does
> a parallel install.
>
> This is something I do miss from the RPM versions. Because if you do
> not dump the data before you upgrade, you are quit screwed.
>
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 17:29, Michal Szymanski <dyrex(at)poczta(dot)onet(dot)pl> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Currently we use Debian, but it chosen by our OS admnistrator. Now we
>> can change our OS and it is question what Linux edition will be the
>> best. We would like have access to new versions of Postgres as soon
>> as  possible, for Debian sometimes we had to wait many weeks for
>> official packages.
>>
>> Regards
>> Michal Szymanski
>>
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Nope; you're wrong. Even RPM doesn't remove the data. But its always
safer to keep a backup.

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