Hi, On 2023-05-06 00:35:40 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Michael Paquier <mich...@paquier.xyz> writes: > > Seeing how simple this has become, I would be really tempted to get > > that applied, especially if there's a buildfarm machine able to follow > > up.. On the one hand, we are in a stability period for v16, so it may > > not be the best moment ever. On the other hand, waiting one more year > > sounds like a waste for a patch that just adds new code paths. > > Indeed, there's not much in this patch ... but it's impossible to see > how "run on an entirely new platform" isn't a new feature. Moreover, > it's a platform that very few of us will have any ability to support > or debug for. I can't see how it's a good idea to shove this in > post-feature-freeze. Let's plan to push it in when v17 opens.
I don't really have feelings either way - but haven't we gone further and even backpatched things like spinlock support for new arches in the past? Greetings, Andres Freund
