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- PostgreSQL 9.4.4, 9.3.9, 9.2.13, 9.1.18 & 9.0.22 Released!
+ PostgreSQL 9.5 Alpha 1 Released!
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- <p><b>12<sup>th</sup> June 2015</b></p>
+ <p><b>2<sup>nd</sup> July 2015</b></p>
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The PostgreSQL Global Development Group is pleased to announce the availability of
- PostgreSQL 9.4.4, 9.3.9, 9.2.13, 9.1.18 & 9.0.22!
+ PostgreSQL 9.5 Alpha 1!
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- These new releases contain bug fixes over previous releases. All users should plan
- to upgrade their systems as soon as possible.
+ This release contains previews of all of the features which will be available in
+ the final release of version 9.5, although some details will change before then.
+ Please download, test, and report what you find.
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- <img src="/media/img/layout/blt_blu_arrow.png" width="6" height="6" alt="" /><a href="/about/news/1592/" title="Release Announcement">Release Announcement</a><br />
+ <img src="/media/img/layout/blt_blu_arrow.png" width="6" height="6" alt="" /><a href="/about/news/1595/" title="Release Announcement">Release Announcement</a><br />
+ <img src="/media/img/layout/blt_blu_arrow.png" width="6" height="6" alt="" /><a href="/developer/alpha/" title="Release Information">Release Information</a><br />
<img src="/media/img/layout/blt_blu_arrow.png" width="6" height="6" alt="" /><a href="/download/" title="Download">Download</a><br />
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installations or active development projects. While the PostgreSQL
code is continuously subject to a number of automated and manual
tests, alpha releases might have serious bugs. Also features may be
-changed incompatibly or removed at any time during the development
-cycle.
+changed incompatibly or removed before beta releases.
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-The development cycle of a PostgreSQL major release alternates between
-periods of development and periods of integration work, called <a href="https://commitfest.postgresql.org/">commit
-fests</a>, normally one month each. Alpha releases are planned to be
-produced at the end of every commit fest, thus every two months.
-Since the first commit fest starts within a month from the beginning
-of development altogether, early alpha releases are <i>not</i> indicative of
-the likely feature set of the final release.
+PostgreSQL 9.5 will release one alpha, followed by one or more periodic beta releases and
+one or more release candidates before the final release in late 2015.
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-There are currently no alpha versions available for testing.
+PostgreSQL 9.5 Alpha is available for testing on <a href="/download/">our downloads page</a>.
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<p>We depend on our large community of users to test the features in alpha
releases and report issues. If you are able to contribute to PostgreSQL by
<p>However, betas and release candidates are meant for everyone who uses PostgreSQL to test before the full release. The process of testing these betas will help the community to identify and fix bugs prior to release.</p>
-<p>PostgreSQL 9.4 was <a href="/about/news/1557/">released</a> on December 18th, 2014. The development tree for 9.5 is open. There are no beta versions currently available.
+<p>PostgreSQL 9.5 is <a href="/developer/alpha">currently in alpha</a>. There are no beta versions currently available.
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