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> Anyway, maybe question zero is whether anyone else thinks this is
> important enough to justify extra work in the area.

Yes. For every user that complains on the list, there are a dozen other
quiet ones who have been bit by the same.

> The main objection to just setting max_prepared_transactions to zero by
> default is that it would kill our ability to test the feature in the
> standard regression tests.

I highly support setting it to zero by default. If our testing process
cannot handle changing things on the fly, then that process should be fixed.

> Therefore, the default out-of-the-box configuration
> of Postgres shouldn't allow PREPARE TRANSACTION at all.

Seems overkill, IMHO.

> Do we want to treat old prepared xacts as being as dangerous
> as an impending wraparound?

Yes.

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End Point Corporation
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