Re: WIP: Detecting SSI conflicts before reporting constraint violations

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Thomas Munro
> <thomas.munro@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>
>> Here is a version that includes an attempt to describe the
>> situation in the documentation.
>
> Pushed with minor adjustments to the docs.  Mostly I thought your
> new text was more appropriate as just another paragraph than as a
> "note".  The previous paragraph was a little imprecise and was in
> some conflict with the new one, so I adjusted that a little, too.
>
> Nice work!  I sure wish we had spotted that a one-line check there
> would have covered so much when the feature was first added.
>
> I understand there is considerable feeling that this should be
> back-patched, but I have not done that pending a clear consensus on
> the point, since it is a user-visible behavioral change.

I think that's a good call.  Conservatism in back-patching is entirely
warranted.

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