Listen "Upgrades"
Episode Synopsis
Nikolay and Michael discuss major and minor version Postgres upgrades — what they are, how often they come out, and how regularly we should be upgrading. Here are links to a few things we mentioned: Postgres versioning policy why-upgrade (by depesz)postgresqlco.nf (by Ongres)postgresql.conf comparison (by Rustproof Labs) pg_upgradeLogical replication CHECKPOINTamcheckLocale data changes (e.g. glibc upgrades)ANALYZEUpgrades are hard (summary of panel discussion by Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum)spiloRecent pgsql hackers discussion about using logical and pg_upgrade together------------------------What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc.If you would like to share this episode, here's a good link (and thank you!)Postgres FM is brought to you by:Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.aiMichael Christofides, founder of pgMustardWith special thanks to:Jessie Draws for the amazing artwork
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