Re: SSI freezing bug - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject Re: SSI freezing bug
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Msg-id 5252C014.8090607@vmware.com
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In response to Re: SSI freezing bug  (Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: SSI freezing bug  (Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>)
Re: SSI freezing bug  (Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@ymail.com>)
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On 07.10.2013 16:58, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2013-10-07 06:44:19 -0700, Kevin Grittner wrote:
>> Patch attached.  Any objections to applying that Real Soon Now?
>> (When, exactly is the deadline to make today's minor release
>> cut-off?)
>
> Maybe it's overly careful, but I personally slightly vote for applying
> it after the backbranch releases. The current behaviour doesn't have any
> harsh consequences and mostly reproduceable in artifical scenarios and
> the logic here is complex enough that we might miss something.

Well, it's fairly harsh if the feature isn't working as advertised.

> A day just doesn't leave much time to noticing any issues.

It's less than ideal, I agree, but it doesn't seem better to me to just 
leave the bug unfixed for another minor release. Even if we sit on this 
for another few months, I don't think we'll get any meaningful amount of 
extra testing on it.

- Heikki



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