Re: Bug #10432 failed to re-find parent key in index - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Bug #10432 failed to re-find parent key in index
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Msg-id 551AE53C.3020709@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: Bug #10432 failed to re-find parent key in index  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On 03/31/2015 10:58 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
>>> Perhaps we could consider it after a year or two, once 9.4 is indeed
>>> very stable, but at that point you have to wonder if it's really worth
>>> the trouble anymore. If someone has runs into that issue frequently, he
>>> probably should just upgrade to 9.4.
>>
>> Ouch. That is a really poor way to look at this.
>
> I don't agree.  When a bug fix is really invasive, there is a
> considerable risk that it will itself have bugs.

Absolutely.

>  We've got to balance
> the risk of fixing things for users who are currently having problems
> with the risk of creating problems for people who currently aren't
> having any.
>

We are not in disagreement.

JD




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