Re: BUG #11032: Prepared transactions do not update pg_last_xact_replay_timestamp() anymore

On 07/28/2014 05:17 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2014-07-28 13:05:13 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> We probably should set XLogRecord->xl_xid in COMMIT_/ABORT_PREPARED records
>> though. It seems weird not to, and it would simplify code that interprets
>> those records. But I don't think we should back-patch that.
>
> I doubt that'd be a net improvement - wouldn't that just make the life
> of anything tracking xid liveliness a bit more complicated?

How so?

- Heikki