On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 21:17:14 +0200, Thomas Zehetbauer <thomasz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > With PostgreSQL you always have to do a time consuming dump/restore of > your databases when doing a major and even some minor version upgrades, > live with it or stop using it. Initdbs between minor releases are not required. However there have been a couple of updates where you wouldn't get all of the changes without doing an initdb. In those cases you can decide if getting the change is worth the trouble. There are some other options for minimizing downtime using replication via slony, but that isn't normally someting someone using Fedora is likely to need.
