[postgis-users] Who is still using PostgreSQL 8.1?

[Ivan Mincik]

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Paragon Corporation<lr at pcorp.us> wrote:
> The PostGIS Steering Committee is thinking of dropping support for
> PostgreSQL 8.1 for our upcoming 1.4 release
>
> 1.3+ will still support 8.1 (for Linux), 8.2+ for windows
>
> 1.4+ will require 8.2+ for all OS
>
> This will allow us to use new features in 8.2 not present in 8.1 for Upgrade
> as well as simplifying our testing by eliminating one more version from our
> test concerns.
>
> Before we do that we wanted to get a sense of how many people we would be
> putting at a disadvantage.
>
> If you are still using 8.1 please respond and also let us know if you plan
> to upgrade to PostGIS 1.4 without upgrading your PostgreSQL version.
>
> Others can respond too with the version they are using so we have a sense of
> percentages for futrue versions.
>
> Thanks,
> PostGIS Steering Committee
>
> (Mark,Paul,Kevin,Regina)
>

We are using Debian Etch with PostgreSQL 8.1 on few servers. All of
them will be upgraded until end of this year.
I think,  if You are still going to maintain latest 1.3 versions for
some time, I do not see any problems to drop 8.1 for v. 1.4.

Ivan