[justinclift]

> A huge project which increases the maintenance burden for a relatively small gain.

No, it would be for a huge gain for the people who run PostgreSQL. Every long running PostgreSQL installation use has to go through the process and/or potential downtime figuring out a (potentially forced) upgrade every few years.

Instead of that, PG being able to transparently (or at least automatically) upgrade major versions as needed would remove that absolutely huge pain point.

Other databases have recognised this as being a major problem, then put the time and effort into to solving it. The PostgreSQL project should too. :)