PostgreSQL major version change to 8.1.0

[Duncan Gibson]

Dennis Veatch wrote:

> Moonbase has been bumped to postgresql-8.1.0. 
> 
> This is a major version change so the pg_dumpall rules apply here as
> they did with moving from the 7 series to 8.0. Again this module *will
> not update* postgresql if something older is found.
> 
> To ensure data integrity you must dump the database and delete PGDATA
> and relin.

OK, dumb question time:

does this mean that I - as a normal user, not a dev - need to ensure that
I have installed postgresql-8.1.0 before I next update the moonbase?

how often should I - as a normal user, not a dev - update the moonbase?

Cheers
Duncan [aka "engelsman"]