Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Backpatching seems fine to me. I was just concerned if anyone was
> relying on the existing buggy behavior.
Seems unlikely. Even if they are, the potential for catalog corruption
later seems to trump that argument.
> We do list this item as a 9.5
> incompatibility, so the question is whether we can add an
> incompatibility to back branches:
> Fix <link linkend="SQL-REASSIGN-OWNED"><command>REASSIGN OWNED</></>
> and <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTYPE"><command>ALTER OWNER TO</></>
> to properly update permissions lists (ACLs) when changing ownership of
> types, foreign data wrappers, and foreign servers (Bruce Momjian)
Actually, I guess we should take out that 9.5 release note item altogether
if we back-patch this.
regards, tom lane