Timescaledb: 1.7.2 Release

Release date:
July 4, 2020
Previous version:
1.7.1 (released May 18, 2020)
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9,393 Diff Delta
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11 total committers
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Release Notes Published

This maintenance release contains bugfixes since the 1.7.1 release. We deem it medium priority for upgrading.

In particular the fixes contained in this maintenance release address bugs in continuous aggregates, drop_chunks and compression.

Features * #1877 Add support for fast pruning of inlined functions

Bugfixes * #1908 Fix drop_chunks with unique constraints when cascade_to_materializations is false * #1915 Check for database in extension_current_state * #1918 Unify chunk index creation * #1932 Change compression locking order * #1938 Fix gapfill locf treat_null_as_missing * #1982 Check for disabled telemetry earlier * #1984 Fix compression bit array left shift count * #1997 Add checks for read-only transactions * #2002 Reset restoring gucs rather than explicitly setting 'off' * #2028 Fix locking in drop_chunks * #2031 Enable compression for tables with compound foreign key * #2039 Fix segfault in create_trigger_handler * #2043 Fix segfault in cagg_update_view_definition * #2046 Use index tablespace during chunk creation * #2047 Better handling of chunk insert state destruction * #2049 Fix handling of PlaceHolderVar in DecompressChunk * #2051 Fix tuple concurrently deleted error with multiple continuous aggregates

Thanks * @akamensky for reporting an issue with telemetry and an issue with drop_chunks * @darko408 for reporting an issue with decompression * @dmitri191 for reporting an issue with failing background workers * @eduardotsj for reporting an issue with indexes not inheriting tablespace settings * @fourseventy for reporting an issue with multiple continuous aggregrates * @fvannee for contributing optimizations for pruning inlined functions * @jflambert for reporting an issue with failing telemetry jobs * @nbouscal for reporting an issue with compression jobs locking referenced tables * @nicolai6120 for reporting an issue with locf and treat_null_as_missing * @nomanor for reporting an issue with expression index with table references * @olernov for contributing a fix for compressing tables with compound foreign keys * @werjo for reporting an issue with drop_chunks and unique constraints

The music for this release was David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.