Minor releases

Nikolay and Michael discuss Postgres minor releases — how the schedule works, options for upgrading to them, and the importance of reading the release notes.

Here are some links to things they mentioned:
• PostgreSQL 16.3, 15.7, 14.12, 13.15, and 12.19 released (announcement) postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-163-157-1…
• PostgreSQL versioning policy postgresql.org/support/versioning
• PostgreSQL 14.4 release notes (most recent minor release not on the usual schedule) postgresql.org/docs/release/14.4
• Minor release roadmap postgresql.org/developer/roadmap
• Our last episode on upgrades (major and minor) postgres.fm/episodes/upgrades
• All versions of Postgres bucardo.org/postgres_all_versions.html
• Why upgrade? (Useful tool by depesz) why-upgrade.depesz.com
• Stop and start Postgres faster postgres.fm/episodes/stop-and-start-postgres-f…
• WAL and checkpoint tuning postgres.fm/episodes/wal-and-checkpoint-tuning
• Postgres CVE-2024-4317 and how to fix the system views (5 mins of Postgres by Lukas Fittl) youtube.com/watch?v=fLwVvJ3fKdA
• Our episode on NULL postgres.fm/episodes/nulls-the-good-the-bad-th…
• What should we do for episode 100? reddit.com/r/PostgreSQL/comments/1cn8ajh/what_…

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