Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3295D632CA2 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:58:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26306-10 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:58:07 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com (host-215.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.215]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B35BB632B36 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:58:07 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05ED234C211; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:58:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at commandprompt.com Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (spinlock.commandprompt.com.commandprompt.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5zJF3iMZnQaZ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:58:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.132] (unknown [75.142.155.118]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 356D9348011; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:58:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: General migration question From: "Joshua D. Drake" Reply-To: jd@commandprompt.com To: Scott Marlowe Cc: Greg Spiegelberg , Alvaro Herrera , "[ADMIN]" In-Reply-To: References: <1283266911-sup-617@alvh.no-ip.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:57:50 -0700 Message-ID: <1283270270.2867.14.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201008/286 X-Sequence-Number: 35535 On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 09:42 -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote: > > All I'm suggesting is lumping those things requiring a dump/restore > > together for major updates. > > That's exactly what does happen, if you remember that pgsql is > numbered major.major.minor. Perhaps thinking about it like this will help: (major.major).(minor|maintenance) Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt