On Oct 24, 2016, at 12:40 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
Suggested change in first paragraph:
"The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported versions of our database system, including 9.6.1, 9.5.5, 9.4.10, 9.3.15, 9.2.19, and 9.1.24. This is also the last update for ^^^^^^^^ the PostgreSQL 9.1 series as it is now end-of-life. This release fixes two issues that can cause data corruption, which are described in more detail below. It also patches a number of other bugs reported over the last three months."
This part is confusing to me:
"Users who are affected by the data corruption issues should update immediately. Other users should plan to update at the next convenient downtime."
So ... the WAL-logging issue affects everyone on 9.3 or later, which is most users reading the update releases. However, it can't be that common or we'd have gotten bug reports on it more frequently. The big endian issue is new and severe. I might suggest instead:
"The project urges users to apply this update at the next possible downtime."
... since it's really only 9.1/9.2 users on Intel who are unaffected by either issue, and we want 9.1 users to upgrade anyway. Users can opt out if they think it doesn't affect them.
Otherwise, looks great.
Cool - thank you. I have incorporated the feedback here:
