Reports on obsolete Postgres versions

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-03-11T20:37:49Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
I am seeing an increasing number of bug/problem reports on obsolete
Postgres versions, either not running a superseded minor version, or
running an unsupported major version.

What can we do to reduce such reports, or at least give a consistent
response?  It is very helpful that we have this web page, and I have
made a habit of pointing reporters to that page since it has all the
information they need:

	https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/

This web page should correct the idea that "upgrades are more risky than
staying with existing versions".  Is there more we can do?  Should we
have a more consistent response for such reporters?

It would be a crazy idea to report something in the logs if a major
version is run after a certain date, since we know the date when major
versions will become unsupported.

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