Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> No, you have that backwards. The burden of proof is on those who want
>> it to show that it's now safe.
> If the backend's stuck, I'll have to SIGTERM it, whether there's
> pg_terminate_backend or not.
"Stuck?" You have not shown us a case where SIGTERM rather than SIGINT
is necessary or appropriate. It seems to me the above is assuming the
existence of unknown backend bugs, exactly the same thing you think
I shouldn't be assuming ...
regards, tom lane