Re: pg_upgrade does not upgrade pg_stat_statements properly

On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 02:19:17PM -0400, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2021-Jul-29, Dave Cramer wrote:
>
> > > I suggest "can be upgraded" rather than "should be upgraded" because
> > > we're not making a recommendation, merely stating the fact that it is
> > > possible to do so.
> >
> > Why not recommend it? I was going to suggest that we actually run alter
> > extension upgrade ... on all of them as a solution.
> >
> > What are the downsides to upgrading them all by default ? AFAIK if they
> > need upgrading this should run all of the SQL scripts, if they don't then
> > this should be a NO-OP.
>
> I'm not aware of any downsides, and I think it would be a good idea to
> do so, but I also think that it would be good to sort out the docs
> precisely (a backpatchable doc change, IMV) and once that is done we can
> discuss how to improve pg_upgrade so that users no longer need to do
> that (a non-backpatchable code change). Incremental improvements and
> all that ...

Agreed. I don't think we have any consistent set of steps for detecting
and upgrading extensions --- that needs a lot more research.

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