<ul>
<li>Take a backup of your current database system with both old and new versions of pg_dump and load them into 8.4. Any application you have that runs against a PostgreSQL database should be tested against the updated server. You can report any PostgreSQL bugs or errors using <a href="/support/submitbug">the bug reporting form</a>.</li>
<li>If your platform is not listed in the <a href="http://www.pgbuildfarm.org/cgi-bin/show_status.pl">automatic build farm</a>, please download the source code and verify that you can build the release. You can send positive or negative results to <a href="mailto:
[email protected]">
[email protected]</a>.</li>
- <li>Read through the 8.4 documentation, especially for new features, and suggest areas for improvment or clarification</a>.</li>
+ <li>Read through the 8.4 documentation, especially for new features, and suggest areas for improvement or clarification</a>.</li>
<li>You might want to subscribe to the <a href="http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/">pgsql-hackers mailing list</a>. This is where development of PostgreSQL takes place, and users involved in the beta program should be subscribed in order to recieve the most up to date information.</li>
</ul>
<p>Some important links you will need for testing PostgreSQL 8.4:</p>