Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Wed Feb 21 14:47:53 EST 2007
+ Last updated: Wed Feb 21 17:54:05 EST 2007
3.6) What is the upgrade process for PostgreSQL?
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, security, and data
- corruption bugs, to reduce the risk of upgrading. The community
- considers not upgrading more risky than upgrading.
+ should upgrade to the most recent minor release as soon as possible.
+ While upgrades always have some risk, PostgreSQL minor 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