| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Takashi Horikawa <t-horikawa(at)aj(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Typo in bufmgr.c that result in waste of memory |
| Date: | 2016-02-20 08:25:55 |
| Message-ID: | CA+TgmoYiQq3o0wODu_-u1NfUoepCRSyv=tyZkB6DTfNyjYYCGQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> On February 19, 2016 2:42:08 PM GMT+01:00, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>>> I think we should fix it, but not backpatch.
>>
>>I don't think that's particularly good policy. It's a clear bug, why
>>would we not fix it? Leaving it as-is in the back branches can have
>>no good effect, and what it does do is create a merge hazard for other
>>back-patchable bug fixes in the same area.
>
> Agreed.
+1. I think this is clearly a back-patchable fix.
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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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