Re: First draft of back-branch release notes is done

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: First draft of back-branch release notes is done
Date: 2023-02-08 22:22:04
Message-ID: 3788797.1675894924@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com> writes:
> It's of no concern, but I was curious why this one wasn't included:

> commit 72aea955d49712a17c08748aa9abcbcf98c32fc5
> Author: Thomas Munro <tmunro(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Date: Fri Jan 6 16:38:46 2023 +1300

> Fix pg_truncate() on Windows.

> Commit 57faaf376 added pg_truncate(const char *path, off_t length), but
> "length" was ignored under WIN32 and the file was unconditionally
> truncated to 0.

> There was no live bug, since the only caller passes 0.

I concluded that due to the lack of live bug, this would not be of
interest to end users. The back-patch was just for future-proofing.

regards, tom lane

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