Re: First draft of back-branch release notes is done - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: First draft of back-branch release notes is done
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Msg-id 2522415.1675627293@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: First draft of back-branch release notes is done  ("Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>)
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"Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org> writes:
> On Feb 4, 2023, at 10:24 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> “Prevent clobbering of cached parsetrees…Bad things could happen if…”

> While I chuckled over the phrasing, I’m left to wonder what the “bad things” are, in case I
> need to check an older version to see if I’m susceptible to this bug.

Fair.  I was trying to avoid committing to specific consequences.
The assertion failure seen in the original report (#17702) wouldn't
occur for typical users, but they might see crashes or "unexpected node
type" failures.  Maybe we can say that instead.

            regards, tom lane



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