From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Antonin Houska <ah@cybertec.at>
Cc: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Cc: alvherre@kurilemu.de, Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Fix REPACK with WITHOUT OVERLAPS replica identity indexes
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:52:22 -0500
Message-ID: <apBrRgl9ABInGp5L@nathan> (raw)
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On Wed, May 13, 2026 at 02:00:38PM +0200, Antonin Houska wrote:
> Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am not sure whether we should change the behavior in PG19. Alvaro may have
>> a better idea about that. But I agree that we can at least clarify the code
>> comment and documentation. The attached patch attempts to do that.
>
> I meant just a comment that reminds developers that something needs to be
> fixed, rather than defending the inconsistent behavior.
Hm. Shouldn't the documentation be updated for v19 at least?
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nathan
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