Re: RPMS for 7.3 beta. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: RPMS for 7.3 beta.
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Msg-id GNELIHDDFBOCMGBFGEFOAEEICEAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: RPMS for 7.3 beta.  (Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>)
Responses Re: RPMS for 7.3 beta.  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: RPMS for 7.3 beta.  (Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>)
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> I just want people to not get bit in a bad way and decide they
> don't want to
> use PostgreSQL after all.  And with the new features of 7.3, lots
> of users
> who might have begun with 7.2 are going to want to upgrade -- but
> if it's too
> painful....  Sorry, it's just a sore spot for me, this whole
> upgrade issue.
> I know Oliver has the same problem, with slightly different presentation.

IS there any solution to Postgres's upgrade problems?  I mean, ever?  With
the complex catalog design, etc - how is it every possible for us to do a
plug-n-play major version upgrade (assuming datafile format doesn't change
anymore)

How does pg_upgrade work?

Chris



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