Re: Index corruption issue after migration from RHEL 7 to RHEL 9 (PostgreSQL 11 streaming replication) - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Sat, 25 Oct 2025 at 04:51, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/24/25 08:00, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM Adrian Klaver
> > <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>> wrote:
>
> > "Never trust a .0 release with important data" is just as true in 2025
> > as it was in 1985.
> >
> > That's a chicken and egg problem, though, isn't it?
>
> There is nothing stopping you from setting up a test instance and
> kicking the tires on a new release to see if your setup will work
> correctly.

I'd say it's exactly that attitude that causes people to think .0
should be avoided. Beta versions are meant for test instances. It'd be
good if people encouraged their use more often rather than pushing
people to defer til GA.

David