Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 177472E072B for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:00:31 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05400-05 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:00:26 -0400 (AST) Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B51B92E0D88 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:00:25 -0400 (AST) Received: from perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (200-126-69-48.bk5-dsl.surnet.cl [200.126.69.48]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lADG0LjB020581 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:00:24 -0800 Received: by perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 98AD647C0D; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:00:41 -0300 (CLST) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:00:41 -0300 From: Alvaro Herrera To: "Leif B. Kristensen" Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Avoiding upgrade backlash Message-ID: <20071113160041.GA19014@alvh.no-ip.org> References: <200711121442.31233.josh@agliodbs.com> <200711131655.59501.leif@solumslekt.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200711131655.59501.leif@solumslekt.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:00:24 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.063 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL=0.062, BAYES_50=0.001 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200711/67 X-Sequence-Number: 12884 Leif B. Kristensen wrote: > On Monday 12. November 2007, Josh Berkus wrote: > >I'm thinking that we need to warn everyone about: > >1) They need to use 8.3's pg_dump, not the old version, to upgrade > > Isn't there a chicken-and-egg problem here? On my Gentoo system, I have > always been forced to uninstall the old version before upgrading to a > new version. That's a Gentoo shortcoming, nothing more. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.advogato.org/person/alvherre "Endurecerse, pero jamás perder la ternura" (E. Guevara)