Re: Reports on obsolete Postgres versions

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 05:17:13PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 04:12:04PM -0500, Nathan Bossart wrote:
>> I've read that the use of the term "minor release" can be confusing. While
>> the versioning page clearly describes what is eligible for a minor release,
>> not everyone reads it, so I suspect that many folks think there are new
>> features, etc. in minor releases. I think a "minor release" of Postgres is
>> more similar to what other projects would call a "patch version."
>
> Well, we do say:
>
> While upgrading will always contain some level of risk, PostgreSQL
> minor releases fix only frequently-encountered bugs, security issues,
> and data corruption problems to reduce the risk associated with
> upgrading. For minor releases, the community considers not upgrading to
> be riskier than upgrading.
>
> but that is far down the page. Do we need to improve this?

I think making that note more visible would certainly be an improvement.

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