From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [DOCS] Avoiding upgrade backlash |
Date: | 2007-11-13 16:49:04 |
Message-ID: | 20071113084904.645ccf51@scratch |
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> > Peter,
> >> What difference would pg_dump make?
>
> > For many user's databases ... many more than any previous version
> > after 7.3 ... using the old version's pg_dump *will not load* into
> > 8.3. Unless you restore the casts.
>
> Please provide a concrete example.
>
> > Should I be discussing this on a different list?
>
> If you are looking for code changes, neither docs nor advocacy are
> suitable forums.
Josh wasn't looking for code changes. He was insuring that we were loud
about the rather significant problems that upgrading to 8.3, "may"
cause.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> regards, tom lane
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