Re: terminal release of 9iRel2

Agreed. I saw a note today on one of the Metalink Forums (OS/install or maybe DBA) reporting that the release of 9.2.0.8 is actually *scheduled* on at least one platform (Solaris, as I recall). Sadly the "scheduled" date was March, 2006. So I won't be holding my breath; there's *lots* of time to change that plan.

'Course, there's plenty of time between March '06 and July '07 for additional patchsets to be released. Or not.

I think we can be reasonably sure that 9.2.0.7 is *not* the terminal release of 9i, at least on *most* platforms. Whether or not 9.2.0.8 will be terminal is still anybody's guess. I figure we'll probably see at least 9.2.0.9, but I think we all know that there's no point in trying to predict patchsets.... Heck, even Oracle employees who are supposedly "in the know" have an amazingly bad track record with such predictions (well, the ones *I* hear from do, anyway), so those of us on the outside might as well not bother to try. ;-)

Yongping Yao wrote:

> Well, Metalink tell us that some bugs are repaired on 9.2.0.8
> <http://9.2.0.8>, so I think at least we'll have a 9.2.0.8
> <http://9.2.0.8>.
>
> On 1/17/06, * Mark Brinsmead* <mark.brinsmead_at_shaw.ca
> <mailto:mark.brinsmead_at_shaw.ca>> wrote:
>
> Oracle 9.2 is not due for end of ECS support until (about) July
> 2007 --
> 18 months from now. In fact, the actual end date has not even been
> announced yet.
>
> I think it's safe to assume that there will be at least a few more
> patchsets released in the next 18 months. I've seen discussion
> (speculation, really) on the Metalink forums about the release of
> 9.2.0.8 <http://9.2.0.8> some time this month, but as always it
> will be released when it
> is released...
>
> Is 9.2.0.7 <http://9.2.0.7> "terminal"? I doubt it. But then, I
> don't think I'd ever
> place a bet on this, either.
>
>
> Joe Smith wrote:
>
> > What is the terminal release of 9iRel2 on Solaris 8 64bit now?
> For a
> > while I thought it was 9.2.0.6.0. Now I see a patchset
> 9.2.0.7.0. Does
> > oracle plan any more patchsets? What is the groups experience with
> > 9.2.0.7.0?
> >
> > thanks.
> >
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