On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Craig Ringer <cr...@postnewspapers.com.au> wrote: > On 13/09/10 17:10, Dave Page wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:48 AM, Kesavan <kesa...@emmeskay.com> wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> OS : Windows XP Professional SP3. >>> Due to some of our product limitation, right now we can't migrate to >>> 8.4.4. Hence we have to stick to 8.4.0-1. >>> >>> Kindly provide me the root causes of this issue so that I can avoid >>> those pitfalls. Also if the issue comes, is there any script to complete >>> the installation manually. >> >> I don't recall all of the root causes - but suffice it to say that >> some of them are not necessarily feasible to work around anyway. >> >> There are numerous other fixes in 8.4.4, which is 100% compatible with >> 8.4.0 (we have a strict bug-fix only policy for minor releases, unlike >> some other DBMSs). There really is no good reason to not use the newer >> version, especially as you haven't installed yet. > > I've added a FAQ entry for this, as we've had more people with odd ideas > about updates lately. It needs a shorter title ;-) but otherwise should > cover things. > > As usual, check/editing appreciated.
Thanks Craig. I wonder if it's worth mentioning that patching your own build will also take more time/effort, and will require the same amount of downtime as a normal upgrade. -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise Postgres Company -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
