Did not know that page even exists. No need to enumerate. It would be nice if you mention that `This tool is not suitable for restoring data in different major version`.
On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 4:08 PM Laurenz Albe <laurenz.a...@cybertec.at> wrote: > On Mon, 2023-09-18 at 15:29 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/app-pgbasebackup.html > > Description: > > > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/logical-replication.html > > Logical replication has excellent paragraph about usecases. > > > > These pages does not have them. > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgdump.html > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgbasebackup.html > > > > My main issue is that `pg_basebackup` page does not mention that this > backup > > is compatible only with current version of database. I can not do > basebackup > > on v11 and restore that on v15, for example. > > I think that that is amply documented by the fact that pg_basebackup is > *not* mentioned in https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/upgrading.html > . > > You can't expect us to enumerate every tool that is not suitable for > upgrading. > > Yours, > Laurenz Albe >
