Re: When is 11gR2 getting released?

From: Stefan Knecht <knecht.stefan_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 08:47:03 +0100
Message-ID: <486b2b610901072347v60d7452bx7dbda1b2b5294192_at_mail.gmail.com>



Well if the trend from 11gr1 continues the first patch set will probably be 11.2.0.13 or something :)

Stefan

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen_at_oneneck.com>wrote:

> Just another perspective on this – I think it's at least as important, if
> not more so, to consider how long a given version/release/patch set has been
> available as it is to consider which sequence number it is. For example,
> upgrading to 11.1 now that it has been out for a while might be safer than
> upgrading to 11.2 immediately after it comes out, since most of the bugs are
> likely to be worked out of 11.1 and 11.2 is more likely to introduce a whole
> new set of bugs. If you're really wanting to play it safe and insist on
> waiting for 11.2, then I think you'd probably be best off at least waiting
> for the first patch set - 11.2.0.1, and then wait until that has also been
> out for *at least* one full month before putting it into production.
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> Regards,
>
> Brandon
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Vishal Gupta
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> Looking at Metalink Note : - 39691.1 explanation of Oracle's version
> numbers. I would expect lot to go wrong when first digit (Major DB release)
> of version number changes as opposed second digit (DB maintenance release).
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