[HACKERS] Re: [bug fix] PG10: libpq doesn't connect to alternative hosts whensome errors occur

Hello, Robert, Noah

From: Robert Haas [mailto:robertmhaas@gmail.com]
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 1:30 AM, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> wrote:
> > We've reached that period.  If anyone is going to push for a change
> > here, now is the time.  Absent such arguments, the behavior won't change.
> 
> Well, I started out believing that the current behavior was for the best,
> and then completely reversed my position and favored the OP's proposal.
> Nothing has really happened since then to change my mind, so I guess I'm
> still in that camp.  But do we have any new data points?  Have any
> beta-testers tested this and what do they think?
> The only non-developer (i.e. person not living in an ivory tower) who has
> weighed in here is Tels, who favored reversing the original decision and
> adopting Tsunakawa-san's position, and that was 2 months ago.
> 
> I am pretty reluctant to tinker with this at this late date and in the face
> of several opposing votes, but I do think that we bet on the wrong horse.

Sorry again, but how can we handle this?  A non-PG-developer, Tels (and possibly someone else, IIRC) claimed that the
behaviorbe changed during the beta period.  Why should we do nothing?
 

Regards
Takayuki Tsunakawa





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