From 7bf1881fd6ff6f9bb29199f39de8e4b822a7605e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Bodenmiller <bbodenmiller@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 14:10:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] list recommended version of PostgreSQL

---
 doc/install/requirements.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/install/requirements.md b/doc/install/requirements.md
index 7b586138f42..35586091f74 100644
--- a/doc/install/requirements.md
+++ b/doc/install/requirements.md
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ If you want to run the database separately, expect a size of about 1 MB per user
 
 ### PostgreSQL Requirements
 
+As of GitLab 9.0, PostgreSQL 9.6 is recommended. Lower versions of PostgreSQL
+may work but primary testing and developement takes place using PostgreSQL 9.6.
+
 Users using PostgreSQL must ensure the `pg_trgm` extension is loaded into every
 GitLab database. This extension can be enabled (using a PostgreSQL super user)
 by running the following query for every database: