On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 8:25 AM Daniel Westermann (DWE) < daniel.westerm...@dbi-services.com> wrote:
> >On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 08:10:08AM -0700, Adrian Klaver wrote: > >> On 3/30/21 8:06 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > >> > What other software needs to upgrade through all intermediate > versions? > >> > >> Many variations of OS'es, though not all. One of the benefits of Ubuntu > is > >> that you can jump from x.LTS to y.LTS over intermediate versions. > > >Oh, yeah. Anyway, any idea of how to more clearly state users don't > >need to upgrade to intermediate versions? > > The best place would be the release notes, I guess. Right at the beginning > here: > > Release notes are probably a good place too but there is already a section in the main documentation where this needs to be added. https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/upgrading.html Which is linked to from the main website. https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/ An explicit sentence stating that major upgrades can skip major versions is needed. The document is written assuming the reading knows this, and just makes a few minor notes on the topic: e.g., "If you are upgrading across several major versions, be sure to read the release notes for each intervening version." David J.
