On 2015-05-29 15:49:53 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I think we need to step back and look at the brain power required to
> unravel the mess we have made regarding multi-xact and fixes. (I bet
> few people can even remember which multi-xact fixes went into which
> releases --- I can't.) Instead of working on actual features, we are
> having to do this complex diagnosis because we didn't do a thorough
> analysis at the time a pattern of multi-xact bugs started to appear.
> Many projects deal with this compound bug debt regularly, but we have
> mostly avoided this fate.
What is the consequences of that observation you're imagining?