Re: Where do we stand on 9.3 bugs?

On 2014-01-13 17:30:55 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> On 01/13/2014 07:16 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> > What remaining issues are there blocking a 9.3.3 release? I know that
> > there were unresolved multixact issues when we put out 9.3.2 --- are
> > those all dealt with now? What else do people see as release-blockers?
>
> I see this bug as a release-blocker. It's a fairly crippling
> replication bug for a bunch of users (5 reports to date):

> http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/20140106134815.GE28320%40alap2.anarazel.de

Absolutely. I didn't list it because it's not 9.3 specific. I think Tom
is working on a fix right now, if not, Heikki has showed interest and I
would also work on it once the CF has started. So I don't think there's
danger of missing that one.

> Despite actually dating back to 9.0, something in the 9.3.2/9.2.6
> updates is causing users to hit it now. And for those who do hit it,
> replication is impossible and there's no workaround.

There have been reports about it for years if you search in the archives
and the code around it hasn't changed for a fair bit of time, so I think
that's just coincidence.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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