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
