Document that Slony can do upgrades easier _because_ it supports

replication between different Postgres major versions.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 4f59fd19c2b2e2994de40d0ef7ac9bdd183be8e7..226d616a768987524c383c96c894f0687da19991 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1704,6 +1704,8 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433
    
     It is also possible to use certain replication methods, such as
     Slony, to create a standby server with the updated version of
+    PostgreSQL.  This is possible because Slony supports
+    replication between different major versions of
     PostgreSQL.  The standby can be on the same computer or
     a different computer.  Once it has synced up with the master server
     (running the older version of PostgreSQL), you can