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 87DD09FA5FB for ; Tue, 23 May 2006 12:50:21 -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 88825-04-4 for ; Tue, 23 May 2006 12:50:14 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [70.90.9.53]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 542249FB1CD for ; Tue, 23 May 2006 12:48:16 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id k4NFmDj06439; Tue, 23 May 2006 11:48:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200605231548.k4NFmDj06439@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: Mention of minor upgrades In-Reply-To: <14747.1148399010@sss.pgh.pa.us> To: Tom Lane Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:48:13 -0400 (EDT) CC: PostgreSQL-documentation X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/41 X-Sequence-Number: 3568 Tom Lane wrote: > 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. 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. -- Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +