| From: | Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com> |
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| To: | Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>, pkg-postgresql-public(at)lists(dot)alioth(dot)debian(dot)org, Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, backports-users(at)lists(dot)backports(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Re: [Pkg-postgresql-public] Postgres major version support policy on Debian |
| Date: | 2008-10-06 21:43:53 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.GSO.4.64.0810061738450.15596@westnet.com |
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On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch> wrote:
>
>> Once Postgres supports in-place upgrades between major versions, this
>> issue is solved.
>
> It has in the past but apparently the work required in coding and
> testing was too much and it the upgrade in place stuff was abandoned.
> Someone please correct me if I'm wrong and someone is working on it
> again.
There's a prototype being actively worked on and if we're lucky it will
debut in 8.4 this March. See
http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/48BB10A2.60503@sun.com for the
last code submission there and
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/In-place_upgrade for an outline of the
project.
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* Greg Smith gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD
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