Re: Link to "Upgrading a PostgreSQL Cluster" in Release Notes

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On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 9:57 AM Peter Eisentraut <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2019-12-30 00:03, Vik Fearing wrote:
> > Following a complaint on IRC about the dearth of information on how to
> > migrate to a new major version in the release notes, the attached
> > trivial patch was determined to be sufficient for the OP.
> >
> > This patch applies to REL_12_STABLE.  I don't know how far it should be
> > backpatched (the OP was trying to upgrade to v10), and I didn't see any
> > place to put it for 13 and future versions.
>
> I think this change is sensible.  But to what extent do we want to edit
> around in old release notes?  Should we just keep it for PG13?
>

I think it makes sense to backpatch it. Lots of people still upgrade to at
least 12 and 11, and that's a likely place for them to start reading. And
if we're already covering 12 and 11, it is probably no big extra effort to
do other supported branches as well.


I think we should also extend the blurb in the release notes to mention
> the option of using logical replication to upgrade.  Otherwise, if you
> follow the link you propose, then one might think that logical
> replication upgrading is not applicable since only pg_dump and
> pg_upgrade were mentioned in the place the link came from.
>
>
+1.

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<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 9:57 AM Peter =
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,204);padding-left:1ex">On 2019-12-30 00:03, Vik Fearing wrote:<br>
&gt; Following a complaint on IRC about the dearth of information on how to=
<br>
&gt; migrate to a new major version in the release notes, the attached<br>
&gt; trivial patch was determined to be sufficient for the OP.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; This patch applies to REL_12_STABLE.=C2=A0 I don&#39;t know how far it=
 should be<br>
&gt; backpatched (the OP was trying to upgrade to v10), and I didn&#39;t se=
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&gt; place to put it for 13 and future versions.<br>
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around in old release notes?=C2=A0 Should we just keep it for PG13?<br></bl=
ockquote><div><br></div><div>I think it makes sense to backpatch it. Lots o=
f people still upgrade to at least 12 and 11, and that&#39;s a likely place=
 for them to start reading. And if we&#39;re already covering 12 and 11, it=
 is probably no big extra effort to do other supported branches as well.</d=
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I think we should also extend the blurb in the release notes to mention <br=
>
the option of using logical replication to upgrade.=C2=A0 Otherwise, if you=
 <br>
follow the link you propose, then one might think that logical <br>
replication upgrading is not applicable since only pg_dump and <br>
pg_upgrade were mentioned in the place the link came from.<br><br></blockqu=
ote></div><div><br></div><div>+1.<br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=
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der<br>=C2=A0Me: <a href=3D"http://www.hagander.net/" target=3D"_blank">htt=
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