Re: Upgrading from 11 to 13

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: "Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel(dot)westermann(at)dbi-services(dot)com>
Cc: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>, Susan Joseph <sandajoseph(at)verizon(dot)net>, "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Upgrading from 11 to 13
Date: 2021-03-30 15:37:27
Message-ID: 20210330153727.GD8259@momjian.us
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On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 03:25:06PM +0000, Daniel Westermann (DWE) wrote:
> >On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 08:10:08AM -0700, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> >> On 3/30/21 8:06 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> > What other software needs to upgrade through all intermediate versions?
> >>
> >> Many variations of OS'es, though not all. One of the benefits of Ubuntu is
> >> that you can jump from x.LTS to y.LTS over intermediate versions.
>
> >Oh, yeah.  Anyway, any idea of how to more clearly state users don't
> >need to upgrade to intermediate versions?
>
> The best place would be the release notes, I guess. Right at the beginning here:
>
> E.3.2. Migration to Version 13
>
> A dump/restore using pg_dumpall or use of pg_upgrade or logical replication is required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release. See Section 18.6 for general information on migrating to new major releases.
>
> We could mention that pg_upgrade works across the supported major versions.

Actually, I think all our upgrade methods allow skipping intermediate
releases, not just pg_upgrade.

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