Re: scary patch contest

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
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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