Re: Yum upgrade of PostgreSQL 8.4 from to rc1 rendered data unusable

2009/6/16 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:
> Devrim =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=DCND=DCZ?= <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org> writes:
>> Anyway, we are talking about an issue which should never ever happen, if
>> docs were read. I announced -devel RPMs lots of times, and each one
>> included a notice for dump/reload action.
>
> I think the real issue here is that the OP was confused about whether
> the devel RPMs represented a playpen or something that could be used for
> production data.  It's hard to say whether we didn't convey that message
> clearly enough, or he failed to pay enough attention, but probably some
> blame can be assigned on both sides of that.

This whole thread should serve as a lesson in change control /
management to a server. If you aren't paying attention to the
upgrades / updates of your production servers you're asking for
trouble.