On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 11:20 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > However, I don't think we can promise never to change the ondisk > > representation of data, nor the page layout. Sometimes an inplace > > upgrade just won't work, ISTM. > > We have talked about batching on-disk changes so that they'd only occur > once every few release cycles. But until we have a pg_upgrade, there is > no reason to adopt such a policy.
If the patch is accepted technically, in can be applied at any time, right up to code freeze for this or the next release. It's a fairly independent patch. I'd suggest we check it out now, then put it in a holding pen for awhile to see if an upgrade tool emerges. Best Regards, Simon Riggs ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
