Re: Draft release notes up for review

From: Jonathan Katz <jonathan(dot)katz(at)excoventures(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Draft release notes up for review
Date: 2017-08-06 13:59:57
Message-ID: 7CC6EB95-0F85-4B31-AF07-4154A24BB6F6@excoventures.com
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> On Aug 5, 2017, at 5:37 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Jonathan Katz <jonathan(dot)katz(at)excoventures(dot)com> writes:
>> I see this one
>> > Fix potential data corruption when freezing a tuple whose XMAX is a multixact with exactly one still-interesting member
>> But I’m unsure how prevalent it is and if it should be highlighted.
>
> I'm not sure about that either. I do not think anyone did the legwork
> to determine the exact consequences of that bug, or the probability of
> someone hitting it in the field. But I think the latter must be really
> low, because we haven't heard any field reports that seem to match up.

OK, thanks for the clarification. I will follow-up once I have the draft ready for technical review.

Thanks,

Jonathan

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