Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 2:34 PM Jonathan S. Katz <jk...@postgresql.org> > wrote: >> We've typically recommended doing the pg_upgrade since they may be >> coming from a version with a lower catversion. I can change "you will >> need" to "you may need" to be more accurate, but then that leads to the >> question "who may need?".
> Maybe something like: > To upgrade from beta <when was the last catversion change>, you will need > to use a major version upgrade strategy..... To upgrade from beta <when > there was no catversion change>, just installing the new version and > restarting PostgreSQL is enough. The last catversion bump was between beta2 and beta3. Thus, if you were using beta2 or earlier, you *will* need a pg_upgrade or whatever. If you were on beta3 then it's more like a minor upgrade, just install the release executables and go. regards, tom lane