On 14 September 2012 17:28, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> "Devrim GUNDUZ" <devrim@gunduz.org> writes:
>> Does this mean we need to wrap new tarballs soon, because of the data loss
>> bug?
>
> I'll defer to Robert on whether this bug is serious enough to merit a
> near-term release on its own. But historically, we've wanted to push
> out a .1 update two or three weeks after a .0 release, to mop up
> whatever new bugs are nasty enough for people to trip over right away.
> Maybe we should be thinking in terms of a set of releases around the
> end of September.
The bug itself is not major, but the extent and user impact is serious.
In my opinion we should issue a new release of 9.1 immediately.
9.2 might have different treatment but does suffer the same problem.
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