Re: [HACKERS] Draft release notes up for review - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Draft release notes up for review
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Msg-id 14454.1501969053@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Draft release notes up for review  (Jonathan Katz <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Draft release notes up for review  (Jonathan Katz <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com>)
Re: [HACKERS] Draft release notes up for review  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Jonathan Katz <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com> writes:
> I see this one
>     > Fix potential data corruption when freezing a tuple whose XMAX is a multixact with exactly one
still-interestingmember 
> But I’m unsure how prevalent it is and if it should be highlighted.

I'm not sure about that either.  I do not think anyone did the legwork
to determine the exact consequences of that bug, or the probability of
someone hitting it in the field.  But I think the latter must be really
low, because we haven't heard any field reports that seem to match up.
        regards, tom lane



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