On 2024-09-01 02:54, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
'Tis the season again.
Ubuntu 24.04.1 has just been released, so many Ubuntu LTS users will
now
be prompted to upgrade from 22.04 to 24.04.
A word of warning to those who use Postgresql from the Ubuntu repo (not
PGDG):
As usual, a newer Ubuntu version comes with a newer Postgres version
(16
instead of 14). Also as usual, I got a message during the upgrade that
Postgres 14 is obsolete,. but the binaries have been left installed and
I should upgrade to Postgres 16 manually ASAP.
It'd *technically* be possible to automatically run an upgrade of the
PostgreSQL repository (via scripting?) at launch time, though just
blindly
doing it for everyone would be a *major* change of behaviour.
Some people would likely love it, while others would be horrified (etc).
That being said, if we announce it ahead of time as a feature of a major
release (ie PG 18 or something), and if we have a clear way to not
automatically upgrade (a variable in postgresql.conf?), then we might be
able to solve this problem ~permanently.
We'd also need to figure out how to handle (say) rebuilding of indexes
that need updating between major versions and stuff like that.
Thoughts?
Regards and best wishes,
Justin Clift
