On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Andy Colson <andy@squeakycode.net> wrote:
>>> This patch:
>>>
>>> https://commitfest.postgresql.org/action/patch_view?id=605
>>>
>>> Seems to have been after thoughts, and back burner stuff, and forgotten
>>> about...
>>>
>>> Has it already been commit?
>>>
>>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2011-07/msg00206.php
>>>
>>> Oh, wait, nevermind, it was revoked and reworked:
>>>
>>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2011-07/msg01041.php
>>>
>>> but that was posted Jul 19, 2011. And the Patch linked from commitfest is
>>> Jun 6, 2011. So is that an old patch? Or a new patch?
>>>
>>> I'm confused.
>
>> As far as I can see, Simon stated that he would revert it but never did so.
>
>> Perhaps we should go do that...
>
> The patch is definitely still in the tree. Given the dangling-pointer
> concerns raised by Heikki, I think we had better revert it before
> shipping 9.1. Also, the entry in the September commitfest can be marked
> "returned with feedback", since it clearly predates the discussion on
> -hackers.
It's not a 9.1 patch, so that is not a concern.
I'm back now and will act as advertised.
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