Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 166AF9FBE0F for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:39:26 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 96032-01 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:39:19 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.231]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18C249FBDEE for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:39:23 -0400 (AST) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i21so2330531wra for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:39:22 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Y35dt2ma9GsL0TjfW9M5JJwmBqDQhAg2BnBKG85mvT/VqREpm9i2tynocf/V1z/p3OdsmBvPETxt+0w1g5h8lo2xR4PLD5hSJl0/X5dbhk0rV+sUuCJ4BLfjF0F9CVuxClVXccM6YN2rxdEMfg2d39hE/r+iqX003OGsLe06/Mw= Received: by 10.115.76.1 with SMTP id d1mr571689wal.1172097560292; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:39:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.132.17 with HTTP; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:39:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5a0a9d6f0702211439n4e8ed03cy3e9aefefc69fdb7b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:39:20 -0800 From: "Andrew Hammond" To: "Joshua D. Drake" Subject: Re: should we have a separate page that clearly defines what a minor release is and why it's a good idea to keep up with them? Cc: "Bruno Wolff III" , "Bruce Momjian" , "Magnus Hagander" , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <45DCA661.2010008@commandprompt.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070221144716.GA21044@svr2.hagander.net> <200702211507.l1LF7Me12089@momjian.us> <20070221200138.GA9506@wolff.to> <45DCA661.2010008@commandprompt.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200702/31 X-Sequence-Number: 4162 On 2/21/07, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > All users should upgrade to the most recent minor release as soon > as is reasonable for the environment. While upgrades always have some > risk, PostgreSQL minor releases fix only bugs to reduce the risk of > upgrading. To reduce issues a user may encounter the community strongly Or... Minor releases are intended to minimize the risk associated with change while addressing important stability or security bugs. All users are strongly encouraged to keep abreast of minor releases as their maintenance windows permit. ... Andrew