On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 05:56:29PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Andrew Sullivan wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 10:06:56AM -0400, Feng Chen wrote: > > > VERSION = PostgreSQL 8.1.2 > > > > You know that the project doesn't put out maintenance releases for > > the fun of it, right? The latest is 8.1.9 in that series. You need > > to upgrade. > > We moved the "you should upgrade for all minor releases" from FAQ text > to a link to our web site: > > http://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning > > The problem is that instead of those words being in the FAQ, they are > now linked from the FAQ, and I am concerned that fewer people are seeing > that recommendation.
I think the backend should spew WARNINGs with increasing frequency if it's more than 2 point releases old. And it should refuse to start if it's more than 5.</sarcasm> Seriously, I doubt anything short of that will make a big difference, but certainly putting the actual verbage back in the FAQ can't hurt. -- Decibel!, aka Jim Nasby [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)
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