Re: Major upgrade of PostgreSQL and MySQL

From: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 12:58 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Major upgrade of PostgreSQL and MySQL

> There is such a list in the release notes:
>
>http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3.html#AEN114132

>    Version 9.3 contains a number of changes that may affect compatibility with previous releases.
>   Observe the following incompatibilities:

>And I think that section has been there for every major release (sometimes even for minor releases).

Thanks for pointing out. I really miss the compatibility list in the release notes.

Regarding in place upgrade of PostgreSQL, they are mentioned in the todo list and wiki:
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/In-place_upgrade

Thanks,
Patrick