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<p>
<strong>
- 2019-09-12 - PostgreSQL 12 Beta 4 Released!
+ 2019-09-26 - PostgreSQL 12 RC 1 Released!
</strong>
</p>
<p>
- The PostgreSQL Global Development Group <a href="/about/news/1972/">announces</a>
- that the <a href="/about/news/1972/">fourth beta release</a> of
+ The PostgreSQL Global Development Group <a href="/about/news/1975/">announces</a>
+ that the <a href="/about/news/1975/">first release candidate</a> of
<a href="/docs/12/release-12.html">PostgreSQL 12</a>
- is now available for <a href="/download/">download</a>. This release
- contains previews of all features that will be available in the final
- release of <a href="/docs/12/release-12.html">PostgreSQL 12</a>,
- though some details of the release could change before then.
+ is now available for <a href="/download/">download</a>. As a release
+ candidate, PostgreSQL 12 RC 1 should be identical to the initial release of
+ <a href="/docs/12/release-12.html">PostgreSQL 12</a>, though some more
+ fixes may be applied prior to the general availability of PostgreSQL 12.
</p>
<p>
- This is likely the final beta release of PostgreSQL 12 before a release
- candidate is made available.
+ The planned date for the general availability of PostgreSQL 12 is October 3,
+ 2019.
</p>
<p>
You can
- <a href="/download/">download</a> the update <a href="/download/">here</a>.
+ <a href="/download/">download</a> the release candidate <a href="/download/">here</a>.
</p>
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+ <a href="/about/news/1975/">PostgreSQL 12 RC 1 Released</a>!
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<p>
- The PostgreSQL Global Development Group <a href="/about/news/1972/">announces</a>
- that the <a href="/about/news/1972/">fourth beta release</a> of
+ The PostgreSQL Global Development Group <a href="/about/news/1975/">announces</a>
+ that the <a href="/about/news/1975/">first release candidate</a> of
<a href="/docs/12/release-12.html">PostgreSQL 12</a>
- is now available for <a href="/download/">download</a>. This release
- contains previews of all features that will be available in the final
- release of <a href="/docs/12/release-12.html">PostgreSQL 12</a>,
- though some details of the release could change before then.
+ is now available for <a href="/download/">download</a>. As a release
+ candidate, PostgreSQL 12 RC 1 should be identical to the initial release of
+ <a href="/docs/12/release-12.html">PostgreSQL 12</a>, though some more
+ fixes may be applied prior to the general availability of PostgreSQL 12.
</p>
<p>
- This is likely the final beta release of PostgreSQL 12 before a release
- candidate is made available.
- </p>
- <p>
- In the spirit of the open source PostgreSQL community, we strongly
- encourage you to <a href="/developer/beta/">test</a> the
- <a href="/docs/12/release-12.html">new features</a> of PostgreSQL 12
- in your database systems to help us eliminate any bugs or other issues
- that may exist.
+ The planned date for the general availability of PostgreSQL 12 is October 3,
+ 2019.
</p>
<p>
You can
- <a href="/download/">download</a> the update <a href="/download/">here</a>.
+ <a href="/download/">download</a> the release candidate
+ <a href="/download/">here</a>.
</p>
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- <li><a href="/about/news/1972/">Release Announcement</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/about/news/1975/">Release Announcement</a></li>
<li><a href="/developer/beta/">Beta Testing Information</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/12/release-12.html">PostgreSQL 12 Beta Features</a></li>
<li><a href="/download/">Download</a></li>