Re: Patch: plan invalidation vs stored procedures

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Asko Oja <ascoja(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Martin Pihlak <martin(dot)pihlak(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Patch: plan invalidation vs stored procedures
Date: 2008-08-19 18:34:47
Message-ID: 200808191834.m7JIYl202518@momjian.us
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Joshua Drake wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:29:52 -0400 (EDT)
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>
>
> > > Do I think it should be pushed back to 8.3.x; no. It is a feature. I
> > > don't consider the existing behavior a bug. I consider it a
> > > limitation and we don't back patch fixes for limitations.
> >
> > The bottom line here is that we don't have the time to explain or
> > justify our backpatch policy every time someone shows up with a bug
> > that needs to be fixed.
>
> Is our backpatch policy documented? It does not appear to be in
> developer FAQ.

Seems we need to add it.

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