What version of PostgreSQL does Lion ship with?

Question

I have just read "Mac OSX Lion includes Postgresql" (Repairing Postgresql after upgrading to OSX 10.7 Lion).

Assuming I buy a brand new MacBook Pro running Lion, what version of PostgreSQL will be installed by default? If I am doing Rails development work for an app that's going onto Heroku, does this mean I don't need to bother with installing PostgreSQL via homebrew or the binary installer?

Answer 1

With non-Server version you will have only a client of PostgreSQL. So, you will need to install PostgreSQL server locally from MacPorts (7.4, 8.0-8.4, 9.0, 9.1) or Homebrew (9.0.4).