Thread: "Immediate shutdown if postmaster.pid is removed" not mentioned in Release Notes
"Immediate shutdown if postmaster.pid is removed" not mentioned in Release Notes
From
Victor Yegorov
Date:
I noticed, that 9.5 release notes (beta2) do not mention commit 7e2a18a9161fee7e67642863f72b51d77d3e996.
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I think this one should be added.
Victor Y. Yegorov
Re: "Immediate shutdown if postmaster.pid is removed" not mentioned in Release Notes
From
Tatsuo Ishii
Date:
> I noticed, that 9.5 release notes (beta2) do not mention > commit 7e2a18a9161fee7e67642863f72b51d77d3e996. > > > I think this one should be added. +1. Best regards, -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp
Re: "Immediate shutdown if postmaster.pid is removed" not mentioned in Release Notes
From
Tom Lane
Date:
Victor Yegorov <vyegorov@gmail.com> writes: > I noticed, that 9.5 release notes (beta2) do not mention > commit 7e2a18a9161fee7e67642863f72b51d77d3e996. We don't normally document back-patched patches in as-yet-unreleased branches, since the point of release notes is to tell you what's new compared to the previous release, and this item isn't (or won't be). Also, I doubt that this is of any great concern to the average user. It's not a scenario that would come up in anything I would call a supported use-case. If we're to reverse the aforementioned policy, there are probably quite a few patches that would now need to be documented as "new in 9.5" and are more significant than this. regards, tom lane
Re: "Immediate shutdown if postmaster.pid is removed" not mentioned in Release Notes
From
"David G. Johnston"
Date:
Victor Yegorov <vyegorov@gmail.com> writes:
> I noticed, that 9.5 release notes (beta2) do not mention
> commit 7e2a18a9161fee7e67642863f72b51d77d3e996.
We don't normally document back-patched patches in as-yet-unreleased
branches, since the point of release notes is to tell you what's new
compared to the previous release, and this item isn't (or won't be).
Also, I doubt that this is of any great concern to the average user.
It's not a scenario that would come up in anything I would call a
supported use-case. If we're to reverse the aforementioned policy,
there are probably quite a few patches that would now need to be
documented as "new in 9.5" and are more significant than this.
IOW, if you are familiar with how a previous version works you should keep up with its release notes to catch a bug-fix behavior change like this. Those who will end up learning on the upcoming release will simply learn that this is how things work.
David J.
Re: "Immediate shutdown if postmaster.pid is removed" not mentioned in Release Notes
From
Tatsuo Ishii
Date:
> We don't normally document back-patched patches in as-yet-unreleased > branches, since the point of release notes is to tell you what's new > compared to the previous release, and this item isn't (or won't be). That makes sense. > Also, I doubt that this is of any great concern to the average user. > It's not a scenario that would come up in anything I would call a > supported use-case. If we're to reverse the aforementioned policy, > there are probably quite a few patches that would now need to be > documented as "new in 9.5" and are more significant than this. It's possible that novice admins accidentally remove postmaster.pid (I saw this kind of incidents a few times while supporting customers if my memory serves). Anyway I am happy as long as it's clearly documented in the release notes of the next versions. Best regards, -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp