On Sat, Jan 3, 2026 at 6:20 AM Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > Robert Haas <[email protected]> writes: > > Generally we don't back-patch fixes that could change plans, because > > it tends to produce user complaints. It's maybe more justifiable in > > this case because v18 is quite new and you didn't back-patch to older > > releases, but are we sure that it's warranted even there?
> It's a regression if we don't. That's right. I was actually of two minds for a while regarding the back-patch, but in the end decided to proceed. You can find the discussions and the reasoning behind this decision in the link below. https://postgr.es/m/cambws49h5f66kzwlxaexolwhe_9jab7eu44umjhhqpla38t...@mail.gmail.com - Richard
