Re: C99 compliance for src/port/snprintf.c

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: C99 compliance for src/port/snprintf.c
Date: 2018-08-15 17:05:39
Message-ID: 13169.1534352739@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On 2018-Aug-15, Robert Haas wrote:
>> Back-patching seems a bit aggressive to me considering that the danger
>> is hypothetical.

> That was my first thought too, and my preferred path would be to make
> this master-only and only consider a backpatch later if we find some
> practical reason to do so.

Meh --- the hazards of back-patching seem to me to be more hypothetical
than the benefits. Still, I seem to be in the minority, so I withdraw
the proposal to back-patch.

regards, tom lane

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