Re: Which version to upgrade upto

From: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Which version to upgrade upto
Date: 2019-07-31 16:19:17
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Vikas Sharma schrieb am 31.07.2019 um 17:57:
> The architects and developers have perception that the latest release
> always will have bugs and others might be using in production. They
> feel 11.2 will be better bet than 11.4.
>

You should always use the latest minor version, so 11.4 is preferred over 11.2

Quote from the homepage[1]

>> For minor releases, the community considers not upgrading to be riskier than upgrading

So definitely go with 11.4

If you want to see how many (and which) bugs have been fixed between 11.2 and 11.4 you can check:

https://why-upgrade.depesz.com/show?from=11.2&to=11.4&keywords=

Thomas

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/

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