Re: Deadlock between backend and recovery may not be detected

вт, 5 янв. 2021 г. в 07:26, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>:

> This situation makes me feel that I'm inclined to skip the back-patch to
> v9.5.
> Because the next minor version release is the final one for v9.5. So if we
> unexpectedly introduce the bug to v9.5 by the back-patch, there is no
> chance to fix that. OTOH, of course, if we don't do the back-patch, there
> is
> no chance to fix the deadlock detection bug since the final minor version
> for v9.5 doesn't include that bug fix. But I'm afraid that the back-patch
> to v9.5 may give more risk than gain.
>
> Thought?
>

Honestly, I was thinking that this will not be backpatched at all
and really am glad we're getting this fixed in the back branches as well.

Therefore I think it's fine to skip 9.5, though I
would've mentioned this in the commit message.

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Victor Yegorov