Why does everyone run ancient Postgres versions?

1. chasil ◴[18 Oct 24 00:32 UTC] No.41875253[source]▶

In Oracle, ALTER TABLE MOVE in 8i was a godsend, finally enabling a table reorganization without export/import.

My timid management forbade an upgrade from Oracle 7.3.4 until 2013. It was agony to remain on that museum piece for as long as we did.

I am upgrade-minded, but my management is not. I always lose.

I am retiring in two years. I will not miss their problems, not at all.

Edit: Oracle 10g was the last release that (for us) brought must-have features. Sure, upgrading to 19 or 23 would be great, but it doesn't bring anything that I really want.

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2. cafard ◴[18 Oct 24 16:36 UTC] No.41881024[source]▶

>>41875253 (TP) #

Seriously, Oracle 7.3.4 in 2013? I am impressed.

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3. icedchai ◴[18 Oct 24 17:25 UTC] No.41881560[source]▶

>>41875253 (TP) #

Impressive! What platform were you running that on?

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4. chasil ◴[18 Oct 24 19:22 UTC] No.41882603[source]▶

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HP-UX 10.20, which went out of support in 2002.

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5. chasil ◴[18 Oct 24 19:30 UTC] No.41882670[source]▶

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I still have one of the HP-UX systems that ran it in the data center; I could start it up if I wanted.

6. icedchai ◴[18 Oct 24 20:26 UTC] No.41883158{3}[source]▶

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Sorry to hear! I use to work with HP-UX and it was not my favorite.