From e8cdc238cfa3fda4185fe6a9826dbdf0a107f789 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:21:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Document that Slony can do upgrades easier _because_ it
supports replication between different Postgres major versions.
---
doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 4f59fd19c2b..226d616a768 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1704,6 +1704,8 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433
<para>
It is also possible to use certain replication methods, such as
<productname>Slony</>, to create a standby server with the updated version of
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</>. This is possible because Slony supports
+ replication between different major versions of
<productname>PostgreSQL</>. The standby can be on the same computer or
a different computer. Once it has synced up with the master server
(running the older version of <productname>PostgreSQL</>), you can
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