Bernd Helmle <maili...@oopsware.de> wrote: > Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote:
>>> I vote for discarding 8.3 support in pg_upgrade. There are already >>> enough limitations on pg_upgrade from pre-8.4 to make it of questionable >>> value; if it's going to create problems like this, it's time to cut the >>> rope. >> >> +1. 8.3 has been unsupported for a fairly long time now, and you can >> still do a two-step upgrade if you're on that old a version. > > Also +1 from my side. I've seen some old 8.3 installations at customers, > still, but they aren't large and can easily be upgraded with a two step > upgrade. +1 If we could leave it without it being any extra work, fine; but once a release is over a year out of support, if it's a matter of putting extra work on the pg hackers or on the users who have chosen to wait more than a year after support ends to do the upgrade, I'm OK with asking those users to do a two-phase upgrade or fall back to pg_dump. It's not like we're leaving them without any options. -- Kevin Grittner EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
