[gentoo-dev] Re: [PATCH] 2021-11-23-mariadb-database-restore-maybe-required: add item

[Joonas Niilola]

On 25.11.2021 15.37, Thomas Deutschmann wrote:
> For the records:

For the records:
This post could've been an attempt to get it merged faster. But no, you
chose to prolong it even further.

-- juippis


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[gentoo-dev] Re: [PATCH] 2021-11-23-mariadb-database-restore-maybe-required: add item

[Thomas Deutschmann]

For the records:
I hope that this news item won't get delayed by the recent ComRel bug 
someone filled against me regarding this news item.


While we often rush with news items and don't wait the 72h listed in 
GLEP 42, this one should go out as soon as possible.


Why?

Because every minute we wait will increase the chance that someone 
affected by this will be unable to recover. This is (for those not 
familiar with database engines) because bin logs are about to expire 
(getting overwritten) in typical setups after 3-5 days. And in case 
someone will learn about this not before next week and has to do a full 
restore, that user will lose about one week of data...


Just saying.


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Regards,
Thomas Deutschmann / Gentoo Linux Developer
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