Bruce Momjian wrote: > Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > Why do we need someone to complain? We know the bug is there. Has the > > code changed a lot in that area? > > Do we have the policy of backpatching every fix? I thought it was only > the major bugs we fixed in back branches. If someone wants to backpatch > it, feel free to do so.
I think the policy is "we fix the bugs in supported releases". If you start making exceptions, it becomes needlessly complex. I've always assumed that I'm supposed to backpatch the bugs I fix in HEAD, however far is reasonable. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. -- Sent via pgsql-patches mailing list (pgsql-patches@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-patches
