Re: Major upgrade of PostgreSQL and MySQL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-
> owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Frost
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 2:06 PM
> To: Patrick Dung
> Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org; Ivan Voras; Tom Lane
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Major upgrade of PostgreSQL and MySQL
>
>
> > 3. But the way, if users is using Windows, is the link option still works?
>
> Don't think so, but not sure.  pg_upgrade could be made to work in a truely
> "in-place" method if there's demand for it and someone wants to work on it.
> It'd clearly be a bit more *dangerous*, of course..
>
>     Thanks,
>
>         Stephen

Like I said in the other message, actually in-place upgrade using symbolic links work quite fine under Windows.
I tested it carefully many times, and used it even more upgrading production systems.
I don't feel it's *dangerous*, especially considering that my whole upgrade process always starts with backing up
existingcluster. 

Regards,
Igor Neyman