Can we revisit the thought of PostgreSQL 7.2.4? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Justin Clift
Subject Can we revisit the thought of PostgreSQL 7.2.4?
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Msg-id 3E277CDE.7090909@postgresql.org
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Responses Re: Can we revisit the thought of PostgreSQL 7.2.4?  (Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>)
Re: Can we revisit the thought of PostgreSQL 7.2.4?  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
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Hi everyone,

Over the last few days we've had patches submitted for 7.2.3 that 
address a couple of things, both the WAL Recovery Bug that Tom has 
developed a patch for, and a couple of buffer overflows that have been 
widely reported.

Although we haven't wanted to release a 7.2.4, and have instead 
encouraged people to upgrade to 7.3.x, there are places out there who's 
applications aren't compatible with 7.3.x and would also need to upgrade 
them as well.

It might be a really good idea if we re-visit the thought of 7.2.4 and 
have something that people running the 7.2.x series can use safely until 
they are able to move to 7.3.x or above.

What would it take, and apart from patches for the buffer overflows and 
the WAL recovery bug, should anything else be included to ensure safety 
and stability?

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

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