On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 11:35:09AM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Friday, January 26, 2018, Jim Ryan <j...@room118solutions.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Bruce,
>
> Thanks for working on this, but wouldn't pg_upgrade be needed from 10.1 to
> 10.2? Aren't those considered major versions, or am I misunderstanding?
>
> The source of my (and potentially others) confusion is if from 9.1 to 9.2
> is considered a major version change or not. I think most users would
> assume from 9.x to 10.x is a major version change. The ambiguity is in
> 9.x
> to 9.y.
>
>
>
> Which is why we changed ;)
>
> Starting with 10 the one and only value after the decimal is a minor version
> bug fix release. The next major version will be 11.
>
> Of versions beginning with 9 there were 7 major versions - 9.0 to 9.6; the
> third position value denoted the minor bug fix release.
>
> pg-upgrade is only required for upgrading between major versions.
>
> On our homeoage we list every major release that is currently supported.
I decided I needed to be more explicit about the major version numbers
so I have added major and minor examples for the 9.6.x series and 10.x
series releases. Patch attached.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 055eac3..cf4550b
*** a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
***************
*** 38,46 ****
<application>pg_upgrade</application> (formerly called <application>pg_migrator</application>) allows data
stored in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> data files to be upgraded to a later <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
major version without the data dump/reload typically required for
! major version upgrades, e.g. from 9.6.3 to the current major release
! of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. It is not required for minor version upgrades, e.g. from
! 9.6.2 to 9.6.3.
</para>
<para>
--- 38,46 ----
<application>pg_upgrade</application> (formerly called <application>pg_migrator</application>) allows data
stored in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> data files to be upgraded to a later <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
major version without the data dump/reload typically required for
! major version upgrades, e.g. from 9.5.8 to 9.6.4 or from 10.7 to 11.2.
! It is not required for minor version upgrades, e.g. from 9.6.2 to 9.6.3
! or from 10.1 to 10.2.
</para>
<para>
