From: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com>
Cc: Carlos Moreno <moreno_pg@mochima.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Feature request - have postgresql log warning when new sub-release comes out.
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:32:06 -0700
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In-Reply-To: <462FDBA1.4020800@cheapcomplexdevices.com>
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Ron Mayer wrote:
> Carlos Moreno wrote:
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Well, if you can't update major versions that's understandable; that's
>>> why we're still maintaining the old branches. But there is no excuse
>>> for not running a reasonably recent sub-release within your branch.
>> Slammer..bug in Microsucks SQL Server....fix...had been available
>
> Feature request.
>
> How about if PostgreSQL periodically check for updates on the
> internet and log WARNINGs as soon as it sees it's not running
> the newest minor version for a branch. Ideally, it could
> be set so the time-of-day's configurable to avoid setting off
> pagers in the middle of the night.
uhmmm gah, errm no... ehhhh why? :)
I could see a contrib module that was an agent that did that but not as
part of actual core.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> I might not lurk on the mailinglists enough to notice every
> dot release; but I sure would notice if pagers went off with
> warnings in the log files from production servers.
>
> Is that a possible TODO?
>
>
>
> (The thread started on the performance mailing lists but
> I moved it to general since it drifted off topic).
>
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