X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78A4A9F94EA for ; Tue, 23 May 2006 12:43:53 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 87208-09 for ; Tue, 23 May 2006 12:43:40 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12B949F946D for ; Tue, 23 May 2006 12:43:37 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4NFhUb1014748; Tue, 23 May 2006 11:43:30 -0400 (EDT) To: Bruce Momjian cc: PostgreSQL-documentation Subject: Re: Mention of minor upgrades In-reply-to: <200605231524.k4NFOKN26580@candle.pha.pa.us> References: <200605231524.k4NFOKN26580@candle.pha.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Momjian message dated "Tue, 23 May 2006 11:24:20 -0400" Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:43:30 -0400 Message-ID: <14747.1148399010@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/40 X-Sequence-Number: 3567 Bruce Momjian writes: > In discussion with Jim Nasby, I have updated the FAQ to strongly > encourage minor upgrading: >

3.6) Why do I need to do a dump and restore > to upgrade between major PostgreSQL releases?

The item heading seems misleading about what the contents are. I think you need to split this into two questions. Only the last para of what you have is actually relevant to the given question. regards, tom lane