Re: [HACKERS] Index corruption with CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY

On 2017-02-05 12:51:09 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 6:53 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I agree with Pavan - a release with known important bug is not good idea.
> 
> > This bug has been around for some time, so I would recommend taking
> > the time necessary to make the best fix possible, even if it means
> > waiting for the next round of minor releases.
> 
> I think the way to think about this sort of thing is, if we had found
> this bug when a release wasn't imminent, would we consider it bad enough
> to justify an unscheduled release cycle?  I have to think the answer for
> this one is "probably not".

+1.  I don't think we serve our users by putting out a nontrivial bugfix
hastily. Nor do I think we serve them in this instance by delaying the
release to cover this fix; there's enough other fixes in the release
imo.

- Andres