Hi,
On 2018-10-05 15:31:37 -0400, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> On 10/4/18 11:37 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org> writes:
> >> On 10/4/18 8:34 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> >>> I am suggesting to fix the issue after RC1 is released, but before GA.
> >
> >> That approach would mean we would require an RC2, which would further
> >> delay the GA.
> >
> > Not sure about that. Alvaro seems to think there's a generic problem
> > in event trigger processing, which if true, was likely there pre-v11.
> > I don't think that patches that get back-patched further than 11
> > need to restart the RC clock.
>
> Well, unless we are targeting it for the release? AIUI the RCs are
> should be equivalent to GA[1] (and yes I see the qualifier of "should be").
FWIW, I think that's a pretty pointless restriction. We release
bugfixes in minor releases all the time, so there's imo absolutely no
point in having a blanket restriction that a fix that we'd put in a
minor release shouldn't be slipped in between RC and GA.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
