Re: Rework the way multixact truncations work

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Rework the way multixact truncations work
Date: 2015-09-23 19:00:30
Message-ID: 20150923190030.GL1573@awork2.anarazel.de
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On 2015-09-23 15:57:02 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> I think we need to make a decision here. Is this a terribly serious
> bug/misdesign that needs addressing?

Imo yes. Not sure about terribly, but definitely serious. It's several
data loss bugs in one package.

> If so, we need to backpatch. If not, then by all means lets leave it
> alone. I don't think it is a good idea to leave it open if we think
> it's serious, which is what I think is happening.

Right, but I don't want to backpatch this over an objection, and it
doesn't seem like I have a chance to convince Robert that it'd be a good
idea. So it'll be 9.5+master for now.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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