Re: 8.38 -> 8.5?

2009/11/17 Richard Broersma <richard(dot)broersma(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:35 AM, Mike Ellsworth <younicycle(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> Would anyone know if 8.38 -> 8.5 is anticipated to be ok - or will it
>> be recommended to
>> 8.38 -> 8.41 -> 8.5 (when available).
>
> If you dump and reload, I sure 8.3 to 8.5 is 100% safe.  In addition
> to this, there is a new feature that may be included into 8.5 known as
> In-Place-Upgrade.  Regarding In-Place-Upgrade, I not sure how safe it
> will be.
>
>

I could be wrong (in fact, it's likely), but isn't the
in-place-upgrade done by pg_migrator which only migrates between
neighbouring major versions? (e.g. 8.3 to 8.4, 8.4 to 8.5)

Thom