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Re: Patch: plan invalidation vs stored procedures

Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>

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From: Joshua Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu@2ndQuadrant.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Asko Oja <ascoja@gmail.com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine@hi-media.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, David Fetter <david@fetter.org>, Martin Pihlak <martin.pihlak@gmail.com>
Date: 2008-08-19T18:32:42Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:29:52 -0400 (EDT)
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:


> > Do I think it should be pushed back to 8.3.x; no. It is a feature. I
> > don't consider the existing behavior a bug. I consider it a
> > limitation and we don't back patch fixes for limitations. 
> 
> The bottom line here is that we don't have the time to explain or
> justify our backpatch policy every time someone shows up with a bug
> that needs to be fixed.

Is our backpatch policy documented? It does not appear to be in
developer FAQ.

Joshua D. Drake


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