Re: Index corruption with CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavan Deolasee <pavan(dot)deolasee(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Index corruption with CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY
Date: 2017-02-05 17:51:09
Message-ID: 13733.1486317069@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 6:53 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> I agree with Pavan - a release with known important bug is not good idea.

> This bug has been around for some time, so I would recommend taking
> the time necessary to make the best fix possible, even if it means
> waiting for the next round of minor releases.

I think the way to think about this sort of thing is, if we had found
this bug when a release wasn't imminent, would we consider it bad enough
to justify an unscheduled release cycle? I have to think the answer for
this one is "probably not".

regards, tom lane

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