Mac OS X 10.7 default postgres with Ruby on Rails

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Is the default version of postgres, that ships with OS X Lion suitable for use on my local machine while developing Ruby on Rails applications?

I'm reading about people installing postgres from brew or macports and running another version that the default. There doesn't seem to be an obvious reason.

IIRC only the client is locally installed (unless you are on the server version). — ChristopheD
– ChristopheD, Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 22:55
It's suitable. The reason you've been reading about people installing it is that PostgreSQL wasn't bundled with OS X until version 10.7 (Lion), which has only been out for a few months. — Jordan Running
– Jordan Running, Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 22:55

Chris Travers · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-24 09:51:43Z

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It's suitable unless you want to use advanced features on new versions. Thats the only trade-off.

In general I recommend working on the oldest widely used/supported versions (right now being 9.1 and 8.4) if you want to publish your application.

answered Mar 24, 2013 at 9:51

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