Re: [HACKERS] v6.4.3 ? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From jwieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck)
Subject Re: [HACKERS] v6.4.3 ?
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Msg-id m109fAj-000EBRC@orion.SAPserv.Hamburg.dsh.de
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] v6.4.3 ?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:

> We have to be pretty careful with these back-rev patches, since they
> typically aren't going to get much testing in the back version's
> CVS tree.  So I'm leery of applying anything that hasn't been tested
> for a while in the development branch.

    Over  careful!  They  might  rely on new features that aren't
    there.  So it's better to wait for a v6.4.* based bug  report
    and fix them by hand instead of appying complete patches that
    fix it on the fly.


Jan

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