Re: [PATCH] We install pg_regress and isolationtester but not pg_isolation_regress

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Craig Ringer <craig(dot)ringer(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] We install pg_regress and isolationtester but not pg_isolation_regress
Date: 2021-04-29 02:41:38
Message-ID: 2955933.1619664098@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> writes:
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 12:44:45PM +0300, Aleksander Alekseev wrote:
>> I just wanted to let you know that TimescaleDB uses
>> pg_isolation_regress and occasionally there are reports from some
>> suffering/puzzled users/developers, e.g. [1]. Not 100% sure if it
>> makes investing the time into backpatching worth it. However if
>> someone could do it, it would be nice.

> FWIW, I am not really sure that this is important enough to justify a
> back-patch, even it is true that there have been cases in the past
> where extra binaries got added in minor releases.

Yeah, I think adding a binary in a minor release is a Big Deal to
packagers. I doubt that the case here justifies that.

regards, tom lane

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