| From: | Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: bump minimum supported version of psql and pg_{dump,dumpall,upgrade} to v10 |
| Date: | 2026-04-08 18:04:02 |
| Message-ID: | adaYkolh91sU7scE@nathan |
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On Wed, Apr 08, 2026 at 01:24:29PM -0400, Corey Huinker wrote:
> It would help if we provided some small documentation on how to do that. It
> could be as simple as a docbook table mapping various postgres versions to
> the highest version a) a live database can be pg_upgraded to and b) a
> dumpfile can be pg_restored to. But it could also include a script to
> re-dump an old dumpfile to a newer dump version. I'd be happy to take a
> swing at that if nobody else is interested.
I like these ideas. IMHO this helps us be reasonably aggressive about
removing support for ancient versions while still providing a lifeboat when
folks using those ancient versions decide to upgrade.
--
nathan
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