Re: Upgrading to Buster but keeping Postgresql-9.6

2019-07-11 Thread Clemens Eisserer
Hi Phil, > Thanks Richard, that looks like the best solution. They even > have a mailing list. I have have really enjoyed using docker for such issues - mix&match useland as you like it - without interfering with you "main" distribution and without any performance overhead. Br, Clemens Br, Cle

Re: Upgrading to Buster but keeping Postgresql-9.6

2019-07-10 Thread Phil Endecott
Richard Hector wrote: Another option is to switch to using the pgdg repo for 9.6: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Apt Thanks Richard, that looks like the best solution. They even have a mailing list. Cheers, Phil.

Re: Upgrading to Buster but keeping Postgresql-9.6

2019-07-09 Thread Teemu Likonen
Phil Endecott [2019-07-08T22:24:17+01] wrote: > Indeed, not upgrading to Buster is a possibility. Also upgrading > PostgreSQL to version 11 is a possibility. I think I understand the > issues with each of those options, but I don't have a good > understanding of the issues with trying to keep pg-9

Re: Upgrading to Buster but keeping Postgresql-9.6

2019-07-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 08 iul 19, 22:24:17, Phil Endecott wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > Is upgrading to buster a necessity? Stretch will be supported by Debian > > for one more year and probably some more by the LTS effort. > > Indeed, not upgrading to Buster is a possibility. Also upgrading PostgreSQL

Re: Upgrading to Buster but keeping Postgresql-9.6

2019-07-08 Thread Richard Hector
On 9/07/19 9:24 AM, Phil Endecott wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Lu, 08 iul 19, 20:02:36, Phil Endecott wrote: >>> Dear Experts, >>> >>> Does anyone have any advice about the possibility of upgrading >>> systems from Stretch to Buster, but keeping Postgresql-9.6 for >>> the time being? >> >>

Re: Upgrading to Buster but keeping Postgresql-9.6

2019-07-08 Thread Phil Endecott
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 08 iul 19, 20:02:36, Phil Endecott wrote: Dear Experts, Does anyone have any advice about the possibility of upgrading systems from Stretch to Buster, but keeping Postgresql-9.6 for the time being? Is upgrading to buster a necessity? Stretch will be supported by D

Re: Upgrading to Buster but keeping Postgresql-9.6

2019-07-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 08 iul 19, 20:02:36, Phil Endecott wrote: > Dear Experts, > > Does anyone have any advice about the possibility of upgrading > systems from Stretch to Buster, but keeping Postgresql-9.6 for > the time being? Is upgrading to buster a necessity? Stretch will be supported by Debian for one m

Re: Upgrading to Buster but keeping Postgresql-9.6

2019-07-08 Thread Jochen Spieker
Phil Endecott: > > Does anyone have any advice about the possibility of upgrading > systems from Stretch to Buster, but keeping Postgresql-9.6 for > the time being? With previous Debian releases you always had to migrate your cluster to the new Postgres version manually. The new packages are inst

Upgrading to Buster but keeping Postgresql-9.6

2019-07-08 Thread Phil Endecott
Dear Experts, Does anyone have any advice about the possibility of upgrading systems from Stretch to Buster, but keeping Postgresql-9.6 for the time being? This is for a couple of cloud servers that are running Postgresql with streaming replication from one to the other. I guess my questions ar