[pgpool-general: 8815] Re: queries not redirecting to primary when "delay_threshold_by_time" is exceeded

[Tatsuo Ishii]

> On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 9:11 PM Tatsuo Ishii <ishii at sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
>>
>> > On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 6:05 PM Tatsuo Ishii <ishii at sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> > I will look into this.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It turned out that delay_treshold_by_time is broken since it was introduced.
>> >> >> I have fixed it and pushed to the git repository.
>> >> >> https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgpool2.git;a=commit;h=6aebf24aa9a627f4c852e44f6407f17a34d50528
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Unfortunately there's no workaround of this for now. Please use
>> >> >> delay_treshold instead if you like.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks for looking into this.
>> >> > This is really impacting us a lot - Is it possible to have a 4.4.4
>> >> > release with this fix?
>> >>
>> >> Yes, 4.4.4 will have the fix.
>> >>
>> >> > According to the site, next release is slated for August 17th, 2023
>> >> > (more than two months away)
>> >>
>> >> Yes, that's our plan.
>> >>
>> >
>> > What I meant to ask is - Is it possible to have a release sooner than that date?
>>
>> How do you install pgpool? If you can build pgpool from the source
>> code, you could deploy pgpool with the fix today.
>>
> 
> We use official RPM packages from
> https://www.pgpool.net/mediawiki/index.php/Yum_Repository
> We have many customer installs of pgpool and, in most cases, packages
> are updated as part of the change control process customers have.
> 
> I do understand that releasing minor versions more frequently than
> once per quarter would put more strain on maintainers though.
> Would it be easier to release a patch release for 4.4.3? For example
> 4.4.3-1 or similar that would include only fixes (no new features)....
> If not, I understand and thank you once more for consideration.

Pengbo, who is responsible for the release process of Pgpool-II, said
that she maybe able to release 4.4.3-1 RPM packages *only* (with all
fixes for 4.4. including this, no new features). Is that useful for
you?

Best reagards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS LLC
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