| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: scary patch contest |
| Date: | 2026-08-26 14:56:41 |
| Message-ID: | ao7-qUPXkwete2Bv@momjian.us |
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On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 12:00:20AM +1200, David Rowley wrote:
> I don't have anything to quantify it for the community as a whole, but
> at least for me, I don't think I've ever had fewer free cycles. I
> suspect that's the case for many of us. So I don't think that it's
> unreasonable to set the revert bar a bit lower this year.
There is a huge amount of security/CVE fixes being done (you can see it
in our August release), and that is removing many people from other
work:
https://www.herodevs.com/blog-posts/postgresql-14-eol-nov-2026-44-cves-this-year-one-patch-left
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> https://momjian.us
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