Am 19.08.2008 um 20:47 schrieb Tom Lane:
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joshua Drake wrote:
Is our backpatch policy documented? It does not appear to be in
developer FAQ.
Seems we need to add it.
I'm not sure that I *want* a formal written-down backpatch policy.
Whether (and how far) to backpatch has always been a best-judgment
call
in the past, and we've gotten along fine with that. I think having a
formal policy is just likely to lead to even more complaints: either
patching or not patching could result in second-guessing by someone
who feels he can construe the policy to match the result he prefers.
Agreeing to you and some later posters in this thread, I would not
vote for a formal policy either. But IMHO there should be a general,
informal note about backpatching in developer docs/faqs. A place where
you can point to, and a chance for new people to read about the
postgres way of handling backpatching.
Btw., how backpatching is handled here is one of the reasons I trust
my data to postgres.
Best Regards
Michael
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