Re: Mention of minor upgrades

[Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>]

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > In discussion with Jim Nasby, I have updated the FAQ to strongly
> > encourage minor upgrading:
> 
> >     <H3 id="item3.6">3.6) Why do I need to do a dump and restore
> >     to upgrade between major PostgreSQL releases?</H3>
> 
> The item heading seems misleading about what the contents are.
> I think you need to split this into two questions.  Only the last
> para of what you have is actually relevant to the given question.

Good point.  New title is "What should I do about upgrading
PostgreSQL?".  Seems our big problem now is not people complaining about
dump/reload but those who think they are making their system more stable
by _not_ upgrading.

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