Jon Buller <jon@bullers.net> writes:
> 
> It probably wouldn't be such a big deal, (provided 7.1.1 can read
> all my 7.0.2 databases without a dump/reload)

You actually need to do a dump and restore of your databases if
upgrading from pre-7.1 to 7.1.x.

I'm wondering what can be done about this as when PosgreSQL is
upgraded, a dump and restore is almost always required or at least
recommended.  Perhaps we should add a DEINSTALL script that warns of
the possible need to run pg_dumpall if the user intends to upgrade?
It's really far too late to tell the user to dump the databases at
pre-install time as it's currently done.  Any one else have thoughts
on how to handle this?

	Cheers,

     -- Johnny C. Lam <lamj@stat.cmu.edu>
        Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
        http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~lamj/