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Why does everyone run ancient Postgres versions?

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264 points davidgomes | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 21:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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Apreche ◴[18 Oct 24 00:09 UTC] No.41875117[source]▶
Because upgrading is a lot of work, and is higher risk than upgrading other software.
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kevin_thibedeau ◴[18 Oct 24 00:19 UTC] No.41875174[source]▶
Seems like a massive design fail if they can't maintain backwards compatability and provide a safe, low friction upgrade process.
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1. voidfunc ◴[18 Oct 24 03:20 UTC] No.41876082[source]▶
95% of projects are design fails in this regard... few projects think about Day 2 Ops