Re: Feature request - have postgresql log warning when new sub-release comes out.

[Bill Moran <wmoran(at)potentialtech(dot)com>]

Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Carlos Moreno wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Well, if you can't update major versions that's understandable; that's
> >> why we're still maintaining the old branches.  But there is no excuse
> >> for not running a reasonably recent sub-release within your branch.
> > 
> > Slammer..bug in Microsucks SQL Server....fix...had been available
> 
> Feature request.
> 
> How about if PostgreSQL periodically check for updates on the
> internet and log WARNINGs as soon as it sees it's not running
> the newest minor version for a branch.   Ideally, it could
> be set so the time-of-day's configurable to avoid setting off
> pagers in the middle of the night.
> 
> I might not lurk on the mailinglists enough to notice every
> dot release; but I sure would notice if pagers went off with
> warnings in the log files from production servers.
> 
> Is that a possible TODO?

If you switch to FreeBSD, you can easily have this done automatically
with existing tools.

...

Actually, I've a feeling that it would be trivial to do with just
about any existing packaging system ...

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Bill Moran
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