From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Mention of minor upgrades
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:48:13 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <200605231548.k4NFmDj06439@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14747.1148399010@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > In discussion with Jim Nasby, I have updated the FAQ to strongly
> > encourage minor upgrading:
>
> > <H3 id="item3.6">3.6) Why do I need to do a dump and restore
> > to upgrade between major PostgreSQL releases?</H3>
>
> 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.
Good point. New title is "What should I do about upgrading
PostgreSQL?". Seems our big problem now is not people complaining about
dump/reload but those who think they are making their system more stable
by _not_ upgrading.
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