Re: What does Page Layout version mean? (Was: Re: Reducing NUMERIC size for 8.3) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Sullivan
Subject Re: What does Page Layout version mean? (Was: Re: Reducing NUMERIC size for 8.3)
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In response to Re: What does Page Layout version mean? (Was: Re: Reducing NUMERIC size for 8.3)  (Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>)
Responses Re: What does Page Layout version mean? (Was: Re: Reducing NUMERIC size for 8.3)
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On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 12:34:21PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> FWIW pg_migrator is a pretty good swing at an in-place upgrade tool for 
> 8.1->8.2.   Unfortunately until the PGDG decides that in-place upgrade is a 
> constraint their willing to place on development, I see them a good 
> chicken/egg away from making it a continually usefull tool. 

Or maybe cart/horse.  It seems to me that the rule more likely needs
to be that the migrator follow the development of the database than
that the database engine be strongly constrained by the needs of an
upgrade tool.  I agree that some commitment is needed, though.

A

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