Re: [CORE] back-branch multixact fixes & 9.5 alpha/beta: schedule - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: [CORE] back-branch multixact fixes & 9.5 alpha/beta: schedule
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Msg-id 20150608170152.GH133018@postgresql.org
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In response to Re: [CORE] back-branch multixact fixes & 9.5 alpha/beta: schedule  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: [CORE] back-branch multixact fixes & 9.5 alpha/beta: schedule  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Jun  8, 2015 at 12:39:24PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > > Yeah, I think if we needed this out in an emergency, we would do it, but
> > > based on the volume of recent releases, it would be hard.  Are we seeing
> > > user reports of failures even on the newest released versions, or are
> > > these preventive fixes?
> > 
> > User reports of failures.  See the thread about upgrading from 9.4.1
> > to 9.4.2 and having the server *fail to start*.
> 
> OK, are these fixed in 9.4.2 or would the same failure happen in 9.4.3?

The fixes are not yet in any released branch, hence the rush to get
these out.

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