On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 09:14 -0500, Matthew T. O'Connor wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > Decibel! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> I think that's pretty seriously un-desirable. It's not at all > >> uncommon for databases to stick around for a very long time and then > >> jump ahead many versions. I don't think we want to tell people they > >> can't do that. > >> > > > > Of course they can do that --- they just have to do it one version at a > > time. > > Also, people may be less likely to stick with an old outdated version > for years and years if the upgrade process is easier.
Kind of OT but, I don't agree with this. There will always be those who are willing to just upgrade because they can but the smart play is to upgrade because you need to. If anything in place upgrades is just going to remove the last real business and technical barrier to using postgresql for enterprises. Joshua D. Drake > > -- -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
