Reports on obsolete Postgres versions

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Reports on obsolete Postgres versions
Date: 2024-03-11 20:37:49
Message-ID: Ze9rnSQ4jAOpvF7k@momjian.us
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I am seeing an increasing number of bug/problem reports on obsolete
Postgres versions, either not running a superseded minor version, or
running an unsupported major version.

What can we do to reduce such reports, or at least give a consistent
response? It is very helpful that we have this web page, and I have
made a habit of pointing reporters to that page since it has all the
information they need:

https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/

This web page should correct the idea that "upgrades are more risky than
staying with existing versions". Is there more we can do? Should we
have a more consistent response for such reporters?

It would be a crazy idea to report something in the logs if a major
version is run after a certain date, since we know the date when major
versions will become unsupported.

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