On Tue, 2026-03-24 at 11:04 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 05:36:42AM -0700, Nikolay Samokhvalov wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 23:59 Laurenz Albe <[email protected]> wrote: > > How about adding a simple remark, like > > > > --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml > > +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml > > + Transferring optimizer statistics works regardless of the old > > cluster's > > + major version. > > > > That would work too -- my goal was just to resolve confusion. > > I was under the same impression --- that it only worked with upgrades > _from_ PG 18 and later. However, I can't find any documentation on this > limitation, so why did so many think this was true? I don't think > adding anything to the docs is the right approach.
Bruce, you are confusing me. Your first sentence suggests that you (erroneously) thought that upgrading statistics only works when upgrading *from* v18 or better. But your last sentence suggests that you'd rather not add anything to the documentation that could dispel that misconception. Why? Yours, Laurenz Albe
