Re: Backporting BackgroundPsql

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Mikael Kjellström <mikael(dot)kjellstrom(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Backporting BackgroundPsql
Date: 2024-06-25 20:57:17
Message-ID: 1362020.1719349037@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
> Before pulling any triggers I think https://commitfest.postgresql.org/48/4959/
> should be considered, since Tom found some flaws in the current code around how
> timers and timeouts are used.

That's certainly another issue to consider, but is it really a blocker
for this one?

> However, since Andrew is actively aiming to replace all of this shortly, should
> we wait a see where that lands to avoid having to backport another library
> change?

I would like to see what he comes up with ... but is it likely to
be something we'd risk back-patching?

regards, tom lane

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