Re: Data loss, vacuum, transaction wrap-around

From: Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)coretech(dot)co(dot)nz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com, Jaime Casanova <systemguards(at)gmail(dot)com>, Russell Smith <mr-russ(at)pws(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Data loss, vacuum, transaction wrap-around
Date: 2005-02-20 20:05:09
Message-ID: 4218ED75.1060408@coretech.co.nz
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Tom Lane wrote:

> The question is whether we are willing to back-patch a fairly large
> amount of not-very-well-tested code into 8.0. See
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-02/msg00123.php
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00127.php
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00131.php
>
> I personally don't think it's worth the risk. The code works well
> enough to commit to development tip, but it's fundamentally alpha
> quality code.

I think this makes the most sense. If we are going to do an extended
testing period for 8.0.without-arc then bundling it in there might worth
considering.

regards

Mark

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