[check_postgres] [commit] Two cool new checks: new_version_cp and new_version_pg to check if you

[Scott Marlowe]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg at endpoint.com> wrote:
>
> Interesting - but has there ever really been a non-vital point update? If it's
> not a security fix, it's usually something that might compromise your data,
> which is just as important. I'd say even more so, actually, as most of the
> recent 'security fixes' tend to be "problems that could be caused by untrusted
> local users" which is not a concern for many places.

Vital or not, they don't go straight to production before testing,
And there have been point releases that were pulled back (8.3.2 I
believe?) within hours or a day that were broken.  So, some short
period before it becomes critical to update to the new version seems
reasonable.