Re: Redhat 7 and PgSQL

From: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Efrain Caro <betsemes(at)hotmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Redhat 7 and PgSQL
Date: 2000-09-29 16:39:00
Message-ID: 39D4C5A4.51D1DF0A@wgcr.org
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Tom Lane wrote:
>
> "Efrain Caro" <betsemes(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Forgive my ignorance. What is this no-upgrade policy issue about?
>
> It's not a "policy", it's just a problem: you usually can't update to
> a new major Postgres release without doing dump/initdb/reload.

The 'policy' is the lack of assigning developer time to fixing the
problem. Smooth upgrades could easily be sold as a major feature.

IMHO.

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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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