On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 12:03:35PM +0100, Greg Stark wrote: > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:09 PM, > kunwarpal.rawat<[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Support Team, > > > > > > > > I am currently using postgresql version 7.3 and I want to upgrade this > > version. > > > > So, can you please help me regarding the > > > > 1. List of upgrades/patches/service packs available to update the > > postgresql 7.3 version > > There were 21 patch releases available for 7.3. You can see the list > on this page and see what bugs and security holes they fixed: > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/appendixes.html > > However you should realize that 7.3.21 came out a year and a half ago > and was the end of life for 7.3. If any further bugs or security holes > have been found they would not generally be fixed.
With all due respect, you should not have put any qualifiers in that sentence. 7.3 is as dead a King Charles, and if someone finds a remote root exploit in it, it will not be fixed. > Users are advised to upgrade to a supported release. In the sense that people sailing in small boats on rough water are "advised" to wear a life vest, yes. > > 2. The list of feature that’s updating in each new version > > of the software. > > That same link has the release notes for versions 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, > 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4 along with all the patch releases for them. It > will take a long time to read as you're talking about 6 years of > development. It's a really, really good idea to build major version upgrades into your development, deployment and maintenance processes. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <[email protected]> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: [email protected] Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
