Michael Paquier <michael.paqu...@gmail.com> writes: > Should we consider this bug a 9.5 blocker? I feel uneasy with the fact > of releasing a new major version knowing that we know some bugs on it, > and this one is not cool so I have added it in the list of open items. > We know the problem and there is a patch, so this is definitely > solvable.
FWIW, general project policy has been that pre-existing bugs are not release blockers as such. However, if we have a fix in hand that we would like to get some field testing on, it's certainly desirable to push it out first in a beta or RC release, rather than having it first hit the field in stable-branch updates. So we might delay a beta/RC to make sure such a fix is available for testing. But that's not quite the same thing as a release blocker. To my mind, a release blocker is something that would make it undesirable for users to upgrade to the new release compared to the previous branch, so bugs the branches have in common are never that. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers