On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 03:25:06PM +0000, Daniel Westermann (DWE) 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: > > E.3.2. Migration to Version 13 > > A dump/restore using pg_dumpall or use of pg_upgrade or logical replication is required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release. See Section 18.6 for general information on migrating to new major releases. > > We could mention that pg_upgrade works across the supported major versions. Actually, I think all our upgrade methods allow skipping intermediate releases, not just pg_upgrade. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com If only the physical world exists, free will is an illusion.