> I think the big question is whether we want to provide a binary upgrade
> facility for Postgres. If so, pg_migrator is the only facility
> currently available, and I can't imagine another option appearing. I
> would love for pg_migrator to be easier to use, but I can't figure out
> how that can happen without an external OS-specific installer.
FYI, the length of this thread is kind of why I waited for beta to talk
about pg_migrator. pg_migrator is really external to the backend code
and now we have the leisure time to talk about it, understand what
/contrib is useful for, and make a decision.
-- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB
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