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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: 0s | source
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justin_oaks ◴[18 Oct 24 00:36 UTC] No.41875268[source]▶
My upgrade policy for everything:

Significant security vulnerability? Upgrade

Feature you need? Upgrade

All other reasons: Don't upgrade.

Upgrading takes effort and it is risky. The benefits must be worth the risks.

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natmaka ◴[18 Oct 24 00:52 UTC] No.41875370[source]▶
Suggestion: add "End of life (no more maintenance for this version)? Upgrade"
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Gormo ◴[18 Oct 24 03:51 UTC] No.41876193[source]▶
Why? If the implemented featureset meets your needs, and there are no unresolved bugs or security vulnerabilities relevant to your use cases, what further "maintenance" do you need?
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1. abraham ◴[18 Oct 24 04:04 UTC] No.41876247[source]▶
When a critical security patch comes out, you don't want to have to to do a major version upgrade to get it.