| From: | Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Matthias Apitz <guru(at)unixarea(dot)de> |
| Subject: | Re: Better sanity checking for message length words |
| Date: | 2021-04-27 10:29:02 |
| Message-ID: | CAJ7c6TMZW4rCG1QJm5cF4ALv4595oV+OfytybgP5w7jmM1aKZQ@mail.gmail.com |
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Hi Tom,
> ...
> Given the small number of complaints to date, I'm hesitant to
> back-patch this: if there's anybody out there with valid use for
> long messages that I didn't think should be long, this might break
> things for them. But I think it'd be reasonable to sneak it into
> v14, since we've not started beta yet.
>
> Thoughts?
I'm having slight issues applying your patch to the `master` branch.
Is it the right target?
Regarding the idea, I think extra checks are a good thing and
definitely something that can be introduced in the next major version.
If we receive a complaint during beta-testing we can revert the patch
or maybe increase the limit for small messages.
--
Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev
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