Re: Multi-xacts and our process problem - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Multi-xacts and our process problem
Date
Msg-id 20150511224755.GA385@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Multi-xacts and our process problem  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: Multi-xacts and our process problem  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: Multi-xacts and our process problem  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
List pgsql-hackers
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 03:42:26PM -0700, Joshua Drake wrote:
> >The releases themselves are not the problem, but rather the volume of
> >bugs and our slowness in getting additional people involved to remove
> >data corruption bugs more quickly and systematically.  Our reputation
> >for reliability has been harmed by this inactivity.
> >
> 
> What I am arguing is that the release cycle is at least a big part
> of the problem. We are trying to get so many new features that bugs
> are increasing and quality is decreasing.

Now that is an interesting observation --- are we too focused on patches
and features to realize when we need to seriously revisit an issue?

--  Bruce Momjian  <bruce@momjian.us>        http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB
http://enterprisedb.com
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