Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Wed Feb 21 11:08:51 EST 2007
+ Last updated: Wed Feb 21 14:47:53 EST 2007
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us)
3.6) What is the upgrade process for PostgreSQL?
- The PostgreSQL team adds only bug fixes to minor releases. All users
+ The PostgreSQL team only adds bug fixes to minor releases. All users
should upgrade to the most recent minor release as soon as it is
available. While upgrades always have some risk, PostgreSQL minor
- releases fix only frequently-encountered bugs to reduce the risk of
- upgrading. The community considers not upgrading more risky than
- upgrading.
+ releases fix only frequently-encountered, security, and data
+ corruption bugs, to reduce the risk of upgrading. The community
+ considers not upgrading more risky than upgrading.
Upgrading to a minor release, e.g. 8.1.5 to 8.1.6, does not does not
require a dump and restore; merely stop the database server, install
alink="#0000ff">
<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Wed Feb 21 11:08:51 EST 2007</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Wed Feb 21 14:47:53 EST 2007</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</A>)
<H3 id="item3.6">3.6) What is the upgrade process for PostgreSQL?</H3>
- <P>The PostgreSQL team adds only bug fixes to minor releases. All
+ <P>The PostgreSQL team only adds bug fixes to minor releases. All
users should upgrade to the most recent minor release as soon as it
is available. While upgrades always have some risk, PostgreSQL minor
- releases fix only frequently-encountered bugs to reduce the risk of
- upgrading. The community considers <i>not</i> upgrading more risky
- than upgrading.</P>
+ releases fix only frequently-encountered, security, and data corruption
+ bugs, to reduce the risk of upgrading. The community considers
+ <i>not</i> upgrading more risky than upgrading.</P>
<P>Upgrading to a minor release, e.g. 8.1.5 to 8.1.6, does not does
not require a dump and restore; merely stop the database server,