Re: Trying to break online checksums with LLMs

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, rmt(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Trying to break online checksums with LLMs
Date: 2026-09-15 11:59:10
Message-ID: aqkzDnDseqhLpejB@nathan
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On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 11:59:15PM +0200, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
> But at any rate, this is clearly not the time to design that.
>
> If we revert we should keep online checksums in master and only pull it out of
> 19, to allow for this to be fixed early in 20, and avoid the churn. I held off
> from backpatching the open item fix for this very reason; unless I hear
> otherwise by Wednesday I'll go ahead with the revert, else the backpatch.
> Adding RMT to the thread to keep everyone in the loop.

Thanks for the heads up. Based on the discussion, it sounds like reverting
is the right call, unfortunately.

--
nathan

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