Re: pg_migrator to /contrib in a later 9.0 beta

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Well, that is going to make the documentation more complicated than it
> already is.  Why mention a process in 9.0 that no one needs to use?  I
> am not writing the docs for some hypothetical release, but for 9.0. 
> When we have some restriction, we can document that.
> 
> My guess is that 9.2 will be able to upgrade from 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, and
> 9.1, but that going to 9.5 will require you to go to 9.2 first, run some
> script, then upgrade to 9.5;  again all hypothetical.  I think we can
> require people using pg_migrator to read matching documentation for that
> major version of pg_migrator, and pg_migrator will enforce any
> restrictions we come up with in the future.  For example, I assume there
> will be some major version of Postgres where pg_migrator will not work
> at all.

I do think we are going to have to mention new pg_migrator restrictions
in the major release notes for future versions.

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