Re: Ooops ... seems we need a re-release pronto

From: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
To: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Ooops ... seems we need a re-release pronto
Date: 2007-02-07 19:20:09
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On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 12:33 -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> Is a test going to get added to the regression tests to catch similar
> regressions in the future?

While we can modify the regression tests to catch this specific problem
in the future, I wonder if there ought to be more testing of security
releases in the future. When a problem is reported, fixed, tested, and
the resulting security fix is publicly distributed all without public
discussion (e.g. on the -hackers list), that sounds like an invitation
to introduce regressions to me.

-Neil

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