Re: When is 11gR2 getting released?

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 22:25:07 +0000
Message-ID: <7765c8970901071425l2615f51cy535b8ead815c51a9_at_mail.gmail.com>



I think my answer to that would be that any y release, where the Oracle version is x.y.nnnnn is, or should be treated as, a new release.

consider - and a bank will know

7.3 vs 7.2
8.1 vs 8.0
9.2 vs 9.0

10.2 vs 10.1

all of these *introduced* significant new features. I can see the attitude that says, wait for 11.1.0.7, that will provide bug fixes. I can't really see why waiting for 11.2x which will provide new stuff no-one has seen, will be a safer bet.

Niall

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Vishal Gupta <vishal_at_vishalgupta.com> wrote:

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> Cheers,
> Vishal Gupta
>
> On 7 Jan 2009, at 22:13, "Vishal Gupta" <vishal_at_vishalgupta.com> wrote:
>
> I normally tend to go by the rule that don't roll out major version to
> production in it's first release. I would rather wait for 11.2 to get
> all the teething problems of 11g to be ironed out.
>
> I work for an investment bank and hitting a bug proves to be very
> costly. I can't wait forever/ a year fir a bug to be fixed by oracle
> support or go through a tar dance ( as tom kyte would out it) for a
> production problem which is affecting my production system right now.
> I know some would say that problem should already have been identified
> in testing phase. But most of the imtime it is not possible to test
> every bit of code against a new release for every system in the company.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Vishal Gupta
>
> On 7 Jan 2009, at 21:58, "Martin Berger" <martin.a.berger_at_gmail.com>
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> wrote:
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> > Vishal,
> >
> > Why is the release of 11gR2 of any importance to you?
> > Are you waiting for a promised feature, fixed bug or similar?
> > Even if I knew the release date, I'm sure it would not affect any of
> > the projects running at the moment (not even thosejust in planning
> > phase).
> >
> > br
> > Martin
> >
> > Am 07.01.2009 um 21:14 schrieb Vishal Gupta:
> >
> >> Does anyone know when is oracle 11gR2 (11.2) getting released. I am
> >> sure moment that comes out 11.1 will become obsolete as was the
> >> case with 10g and 9i.
> >>
> >> I asked Tom Kyte in one of key note in UKOUG 2008. He indicated it
> >> might be announced on 2009 openworld timeframe.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Vishal Gupta
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