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Thank you, Paul and Regina, for your responses. I really appreciate your time and the helpful information. I’ll review this on our side and will reach out if we need any further clarification
</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM Regina Obe <<a href="mailto:lr@pcorp.us">lr@pcorp.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg2462710951653754678"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_2462710951653754678WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Bharath,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The best advice I can give is to look at the upcoming NEWS items<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://gitea.osgeo.org/postgis/postgis/src/branch/stable-3.6/NEWS" target="_blank">https://gitea.osgeo.org/postgis/postgis/src/branch/stable-3.6/NEWS</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">and yes we most likely will do a micro release before February 28<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1.5pt solid blue;padding:0in 0in 0in 4pt"><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Bharath Tadikonda <<a href="mailto:tadikondabharath@gmail.com" target="_blank">tadikondabharath@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 21, 2026 1:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Inquiry on planned PostGIS releases and minor-version behavior (now–Feb 28)<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend">Hello PostGIS Team,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend">I’m a PostgreSQL Database Engineer managing production PostgreSQL/PostGIS workloads on AWS RDS/Aurora.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend">We are planning a PostgreSQL <strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">minor upgrade</span></strong> (PostgreSQL 16.6 → 16.11) in the near term. In our environment, past <strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">PostGIS minor/patch releases</span></strong> have occasionally caused operational issues due to changes in function behavior, even when PostgreSQL itself was a minor upgrade. Because AWS may bundle a newer PostGIS minor version along with a PostgreSQL minor upgrade, we want to plan and execute testing and production rollout as close together as possible.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend">To help us plan safely, I wanted to ask:<u></u><u></u></p><ol start="1" type="1"><li class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend"><strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Are there any planned PostGIS releases (minor or patch) between now and February 28?</span></strong><u></u><u></u></li></ol><ol start="1" type="1"><ul type="circle"><li class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend">If yes, which versions are anticipated?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend">If not, when is the next postgis version release anticipated?<u></u><u></u></li></ul></ol><ol start="2" type="1"><li class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend"><strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">For PostGIS minor/patch releases (e.g., 3.6.x → 3.6.y):</span></strong><u></u><u></u></li></ol><ol start="2" type="1"><ul type="circle"><li class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend">Are changes strictly bug fixes, or can they include behavioral changes to existing functions?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend">Are there specific classes of functions (geometry processing, topology, raster, etc.) where behavior changes are more likely?<u></u><u></u></li></ul></ol><ol start="3" type="1"><li class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend"><strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Release notes & compatibility guidance:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></li></ol><ol start="3" type="1"><ul type="circle"><li class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend">Is there a recommended way to identify <em><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">function-level behavior changes</span></em> between minor versions (beyond high-level release notes)?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend">Are there guarantees or best-practice guidance around backward compatibility expectations for PostGIS patch releases?<u></u><u></u></li></ul></ol><ol start="4" type="1"><li class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend"><strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Operational best practices:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></li></ol><ol start="4" type="1"><ul type="circle"><li class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend">Do you recommend pinning PostGIS patch versions in production where possible, or validating only specific functions we rely on most during upgrades?<u></u><u></u></li></ul></ol><p class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend">Any guidance you can share will help us reduce risk and plan upgrades more confidently.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_2462710951653754678gmail-isselectedend">Thank you for your time and for all the work you do on PostGIS.<u></u><u></u></p><p>Best regards,<br>Bharath<br>PostgreSQL Database Engineer<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>