Re: pg_upgrade supported versions policy

2018-11-23 Thread Andres Freund
On November 23, 2018 1:10:11 PM PST, David Fetter wrote: >On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 03:47:22PM -0800, Andres Freund wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I feel like we ought to trim the support for a few old versions from >> pg_upgrade. In my particular case I don't really think it's >reasonable >> to test < 9.

Re: pg_upgrade supported versions policy

2018-11-23 Thread David Fetter
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 03:47:22PM -0800, Andres Freund wrote: > Hi, > > I feel like we ought to trim the support for a few old versions from > pg_upgrade. In my particular case I don't really think it's reasonable > to test < 9.0 versions for pg_largeobject_metadata migrations. But I > think we

Re: pg_upgrade supported versions policy

2018-11-22 Thread Andrew Dunstan
On 11/22/18 7:57 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 12:48 AM Andres Freund > wrote: Hi, I feel like we ought to trim the support for a few old versions from pg_upgrade.  In my particular case I don't really think it's reasonable t

Re: pg_upgrade supported versions policy

2018-11-22 Thread Robert Eckhardt
On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 7:57 AM Magnus Hagander wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 12:48 AM Andres Freund wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I feel like we ought to trim the support for a few old versions from >> pg_upgrade. In my particular case I don't really think it's reasonable >> to test < 9.0 version

Re: pg_upgrade supported versions policy

2018-11-22 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On 22/11/2018 00:47, Andres Freund wrote: > I can see a few possible policies: > > 1) Support upgrading from the set of releases that were supported when >the pg_upgrade target version was released. While some will argue that >this is fairly short, people above it can still upgrade ~10 yea

Re: pg_upgrade supported versions policy

2018-11-22 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 12:48 AM Andres Freund wrote: > Hi, > > I feel like we ought to trim the support for a few old versions from > pg_upgrade. In my particular case I don't really think it's reasonable > to test < 9.0 versions for pg_largeobject_metadata migrations. But I > think we should c

Re: pg_upgrade supported versions policy

2018-11-21 Thread Andres Freund
Hi, On 2018-11-21 19:25:45 -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: > * Andres Freund (and...@anarazel.de) wrote: > > I feel like we ought to trim the support for a few old versions from > > pg_upgrade. In my particular case I don't really think it's reasonable > > to test < 9.0 versions for pg_largeobject_me

Re: pg_upgrade supported versions policy

2018-11-21 Thread Stephen Frost
Greetings, * Andres Freund (and...@anarazel.de) wrote: > I feel like we ought to trim the support for a few old versions from > pg_upgrade. In my particular case I don't really think it's reasonable > to test < 9.0 versions for pg_largeobject_metadata migrations. But I > think we should create a

pg_upgrade supported versions policy

2018-11-21 Thread Andres Freund
Hi, I feel like we ought to trim the support for a few old versions from pg_upgrade. In my particular case I don't really think it's reasonable to test < 9.0 versions for pg_largeobject_metadata migrations. But I think we should create a policy that's the default, leaving individual cases aside.