Re: [HACKERS] Open 6.3.1 issues

>
> > OK, we have most of the open items fixed.  Marc, can you check on number
> > 4, and Thomas, please apply your patch for item 3.  We can then package
> > a patch and close 6.3.*.
> >
> > >       indexes not used that were used in 6.2(fixed)
> > >       memory leak in backend when run on simple queries(fixed)
> > >       negative sign causing problems in various areas, like float4 & shortint
> > >       configure assert checking is reversed
> > >       UNION crashes on ORDER BY or DISTINCT(already fixed in source tree)
>
> How do we want to package the patches? Shall we assemble the relevant
> patches as we did p1-p7 for v6.2.1? There were reports of problems or
> difficulties from some people regarding the 6.3->6.3.1 patch, which is
> probably pretty complex. Also, there are some changes in the source
> tree, like the char2-16 removal, which should not appear until v6.4.
>
> So, I'd recommend that we take the individual patches fixing each
> problem, apply them to a clean v6.3.1, run regression tests (since those
> apparently broke in v6.3.1) and then release that set of patches at one
> time.

I would think we are safer by releasing a new diff.  The char2-16
changes are the only ones I know of that should not have been applied
(by me!), so we can back them out.  Just seems it is too easy to miss
some part of the patch.

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