Mark Lewis <mark(dot)lewis(at)mir3(dot)com> writes:
> You really, really want to upgrade as soon as possible,
No, sooner than that. Show your boss the list of known
data-loss-causing bugs in 7.2.1, and refuse to take responsibility
if the database eats all your data before the "in good time" upgrade.
The release note pages starting here:
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/release-7-2-8.html
mention the problems we found while 7.2 was still supported. It's
likely that some of the 7.3 bugs found later than 2005-05-09 also
apply to 7.2.
regards, tom lane