On Mon, 2023-11-27 at 15:35 -0800, Jeremy Schneider wrote: > For many enterprise customers, if they ask why their database > wouldn't accept connections after an OS upgrade and we explained that > durability & correctness is prioritized over availability, I think > they would agree we're doing the right thing.
They may agree, but their database is still down, and they'll be looking for a clear process to get it going again, ideally within their maintenance window. It would be really nice to agree on such a process, or even better, to implement it in code. > After some years of ICU and PG, I'm just coming to a conclusion that > the right thing to do is stay safe and don't change ICU versions (or > glibc versions) for existing databases in-place. I don't disagree, but for a lot of users that depend on their operating system and packaging infrastructure, that is not very practical. Regards, Jeff Davis