Lou Picciano wrote:
>
> The revision of the major version number is a bit misleading; per
> previous renumbering conventions (dare I say conventions?), the v9
> family change would have suggested a major architectural difference.
> IE, that an initdb would be required...
There are major architectural differences internally and externally--the
streaming replication implementation being the main one prompting the
major version number bump, removal of the old way of doing VACUUM FULL
is one of the big internal ones--and an initdb is required.
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