Re: [HACKERS] Draft release notes up for review - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jonathan Katz
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Draft release notes up for review
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Msg-id 7CC6EB95-0F85-4B31-AF07-4154A24BB6F6@excoventures.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Draft release notes up for review  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> On Aug 5, 2017, at 5:37 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
> Jonathan Katz <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com> writes:
>> I see this one
>>     > Fix potential data corruption when freezing a tuple whose XMAX is a multixact with exactly one
still-interestingmember 
>> But I’m unsure how prevalent it is and if it should be highlighted.
>
> I'm not sure about that either.  I do not think anyone did the legwork
> to determine the exact consequences of that bug, or the probability of
> someone hitting it in the field.  But I think the latter must be really
> low, because we haven't heard any field reports that seem to match up.

OK, thanks for the clarification.  I will follow-up once I have the draft ready for technical review.

Thanks,

Jonathan




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