On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 08:35:10AM -0400, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > Do we think most people are _not_ going to use pg_upgrade now that we > are defaulting to checksums being enabled by default in PG 18? > > > I cannot imagine this would stop anyone from upgrading. It's one additional > flag, which was already a requirement for those going the other direction in > the past (checksums -> no checksums). And I also assume that "most people" are > already running with checksums enabled. > > > And if so, do we think we are ever going to have a > storage-format-changing release where pg_upgrade cannot be used? > > > Seems very unlikely, that would kind of go against the whole purpose of > pg_upgrade.
When I wrote pg_upgrade, I assumed at some point the value of changing the storage format would outweigh the value of allowing in-place upgrades. I guess that hasn't happened yet. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Do not let urgent matters crowd out time for investment in the future.
