[pgpool-general: 6521] Re: Compatibility matrix between Pgpool releases and Postgresql releases

[Lucas Luengas]

Thank you for your support

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 00:33 Tatsuo Ishii <ishii at sraoss.co.jp> wrote:

> > Hello.
> >
> > Is there any compatibility matrix between Pgpool releases and Postgresql
> > releases?
>
> Currently no. However, Pgpool-II is theoretically compatible with any
> release of PostgreSQL except particular features that require specific
> PostgreSQL versions. For example, streaming replication mode can only
> be used with PostgreSQL 9.0 or later with obvious reasons.
>
> If you build Pgpool-II from source code, you could combine it with any
> release of PostgreSQL.
>
> > I am using Linux Centos with Pgpool rpms. If I want to know if a Pgpool
> > release is compatible with Postgresql 11, then I am checking file name of
> > rpm. I know it is not a very nice method. Examples:
>
> Pgpool-II RPM's "compatibility with PostgreSQL" does not necessarily
> mean particular version of Pgpool-II is only suitable for particular
> version of PostgreSQL. The reason why Pgpool-II RPMs are combined with
> each PostgreSQL version is PostgreSQL rpm uses different installation
> directory, and Pgpool-II needs to adapt them.
>
> > Pgpool 3.4.21
> >
> http://www.pgpool.net/yum/rpms/3.4/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/pgpool-II-pg11-3.4.21-1pgdg.rhel6.x86_64.rpm
> > is compatible with Postgresql 11, because file name contains "pg11".
> >
> > Pgpool 4.0.4
> >
> http://www.pgpool.net/yum/rpms/4.0/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/pgpool-II-pg11-4.0.4-1pgdg.rhel6.x86_64.rpm
> > is compatible with Postgresql 11, because file name contains "pg11".
> >
> > On http://www.pgpool.net/yum/rpms/3.3/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/ there is no
> > file with name like "pg11". Then, I think that Pgpool 3.3 is not
> compatible
> > with Postgresql 11.
>
> No. Real reason is, Pgpool-II 3.3 was EOLed before PostgreSQL 11 was
> released.
>
> See https://pgpool.net/mediawiki/index.php/Source_code_repository for
> details of our EOL policy.
> --
> Tatsuo Ishii
> SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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>
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