From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200212120022.gBC0MhO11893@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: 7.2.x -> 7.3 upgrade docs?
In-Reply-To: <tfo-44E9FD.14432711122002@news.hub.org>
To: "Thomas O'Connell" <tfo@monsterlabs.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 19:22:43 -0500 (EST)
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org, pgsql-docs@postgresql.org,
	pgsql-general@postgresql.org
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Thomas O'Connell wrote:
> has anyone put together a Sensible Strategies for Upgrading document 
> when moving from 7.2.x to 7.3?
> 
> for instance, i've read in a few different places that not all 
> dependencies will be appropriately created.
> 
> as an admin, my biggest questions are:
> 
> 1. is it necessary, strongly recommended, recommended, or irrelevant to 
> run contrib/adddepend?

Depends if you want that dependency --- I certainly would.

> 2. is it necessary, strongly recommended, recommended, or irrelevant to 
> upgrade DBD::Pg for people accessing postgres via the Perl DBI? speaking 
> of which, are there docs about what changed in the latest DBD::Pg?

I would.  The new version has changes from the past 18 months.

> 3. what is the default environment as far as schemas are concerned for 
> databases that have been migrated? is there just a public schema created 
> for all objects? is it possible to move existing tables into 
> user-created schemas? i didn't see an ALTER TABLE SET SCHEMA...
> 
> 4. are there other important considerations i might be overlooking?
> 
> i've read the new docs, but the upgrade section remains much the same as 
> previous versions, despite the fact that there seem to be enough catalog 
> changes between 7.2 and 7.3 that admins ought to be paying attention to 
> more details than are presented there. so far, the reading i've done has 
> provided a varying amount of detail in a variety of places: the new 
> version of the docs, the HISTORY file, the mailing lists; but nothing 
> i've yet seen gives a complete picture of the important details to be 
> considered when upgrading. maybe the details aren't as important as i'm 
> guessing? i kind of feel otherwise, though.

Yes, we aren't great about presenting release information in a 100%
complete way.  FYI, the system catalog changes relate mostly to
interface/tool authors, so it doesn't appear prominently.

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