Re: ALTER SEQUENCE

On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 02:08:01AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Don Y <pgsql(at)DakotaCom(dot)Net> writes:
> > Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> >> This is a very minor reason why you should be running the most recent
> >> 8.0.x release and not 8.0.3. A much bigger reason is that there are
> >> data-loss bugs that have been fixed.
>
> > The folks watching the Postgres releases haven't yet said
> > we need to "step forward".
>
> Are these folks actually watching, or just asleep at the wheel?
>
> 8.0.4, 8.0.5, and 8.0.6 each contain a fix for a can-bite-anyone-at-
> any-time data-loss bug. Even if you are convinced you do not care
> about any of the numerous other bugs those releases fix, I will have
> zero sympathy for you when your 8.0.3 installation eats your data
> because of one of those bugs.

Maybe we should place greater emphasis on data-loss bugs in the release
notes? Looking at the 8.0.6 notes for example, the first data loss fix
is actually the second on the list, behind some less critical
windows-only fix.
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