Ron Mayer <rm_pg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Carlos Moreno wrote: > > Tom Lane wrote: > >> Well, if you can't update major versions that's understandable; that's > >> why we're still maintaining the old branches. But there is no excuse > >> for not running a reasonably recent sub-release within your branch. > > > > Slammer..bug in Microsucks SQL Server....fix...had been available > > Feature request. > > How about if PostgreSQL periodically check for updates on the > internet and log WARNINGs as soon as it sees it's not running > the newest minor version for a branch. Ideally, it could > be set so the time-of-day's configurable to avoid setting off > pagers in the middle of the night. > > I might not lurk on the mailinglists enough to notice every > dot release; but I sure would notice if pagers went off with > warnings in the log files from production servers. > > Is that a possible TODO? If you switch to FreeBSD, you can easily have this done automatically with existing tools. ... Actually, I've a feeling that it would be trivial to do with just about any existing packaging system ... -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
