Re: ALTER TABLE lock strength reduction patch is unsafe

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Kevin Grittner
<Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for opinions ranging from fix-now-and-backpatch thru
>> to ignore and discuss for 9.2.
>
> If it's a pre-existing bug I would think that one option would be to
> put it into the next bug-fix release of each supported major release
> in which it is manifest.  Of course, if it is *safe* to work it into
> 9.1, that'd be great.

I'm currently on the other end of the spectrum: ignore and consider for 9.2.

But that's mostly based on the belief that there isn't going to be a
way of fixing this that isn't far too invasive to back-patch. Should
that turn out to be incorrect, that's a different matter, of course...

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