End-of-Life for PostgreSQL 8.0 on Windows

Sep 20, 2007
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Submitted By: Justin Stanley
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Woke up this morning to find a message in my inbox from the PostgreSQL pgsql-announce listserv with the subject "PostgreSQL 8.0, 8.1 on Windows End-of-Life."  Pretty self-explanatory.

According to the announcement, no more updates for those versions on the Windows platform will be released once version 8.3 hits the shelves later this year.  They recommend that anybody using one of those versions start thinking about upgrading as soon as possible.

Normally, we don't like to just parrot news readily available from other sources, but I didn't see this particular blurb on the PostgreSQL website (http://www.postgres.org) as of this morning.  And considering that I doubt most of you subscribe to that same listserv, well, I thought I'd raise up and get my Walter Cronkite on.

Of course, I doubt many Drupalers (Drupalites?  Drupalians?) will be affected by this.  After all, seems that the people who run it on Windows are in the minority anyway...  And how many of those do you think are using PostgreSQL on Windows, too?  I'm guessing this affects about 3 people... Total.

Anyway, here's the message.  Enjoy:

Following the release of PostgreSQL 8.3 later this year, PostgreSQL
8.1.x and 8.0.x will cease to be officially supported on Windows. This
means that no further binary releases will be produced, and no Windows
specific bug fixes will be applied. Users of PostgreSQL 8.0 and 8.1 on
Windows should begin planning an upgrade to version 8.2 or 8.3 soon.

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group regrets the necessity of
dropping support for these releases. PostgreSQL 8.0 was the first
release to natively support Windows, and since then a number of
potentially serious issues have been fixed in later releases that are
simply not technically practical to back port. PostgreSQL 8.2 and above
are considered mature and will enjoy the same lifetime on Windows as on
all other platforms.

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Dave Page
PostgreSQL Core Team