Simon Riggs <[email protected]> writes:
> On 1 July 2016 at 16:04, Robert Haas <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Because that's where the code was added. In 9.5, it would only matter
>> for extensions using the ParallelContext machinery.
> It seems strange to me to make an unnecessary change to a production
> release, that's all.
> My understanding was that we backpatched only as far as a bug occurs,
> rather than as far as patch can be applied.
I think Robert is saying that the problem *is* reachable in 9.5, given
a suitable extension. In that case fixing it is appropriate, whether
or not we know of such an extension today.
regards, tom lane
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