Re: Upgrading from 11 to 13

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
datafrom 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.

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