+1 for
+ absorbing PostgreSQL 14.4 → 14.20 (and future PG14 updates) into the
current `main` branch
+ do not freeze main branch

We could decide how to simplify rebasing PG16 work later. Most likely, it
will be enough to figure out how to exclude absorbing from PG14 commits.

On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM Kirill Reshke <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 at 15:47, Dianjin Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I think we need to make a final decision on this; otherwise our work
> > will be blocked.
> >
> > My +1 vote is to absorb PostgreSQL 14.4 → 14.20 (and future PG14
> > updates) into the current `main` branch first, and then cherry-pick
> > the changes from `main` into `REL_2_STABLE`.
>
> I guess the only major issue here is how pg14-16 rebase would deal
> with that. After 16 pg kernel upgrade work, we should cherry-pick all
> commits from main to cbdb-postgres-merge branch. Well, I guess we can
> just not do that for 14.4-14.20 commits... Looking for Jinbao Chen
> comment here
>
>
> > We should not freeze the PG version that main is based on. If main
> > cannot continuously track upstream improvements, we lose one of the
> > key advantages of being a PostgreSQL downstream project. In other
> > words, `main` should remain the `upstream` for `REL_x_STABLE`, not the
> > other way around.
>
> +1 on that
>
> > Looking forward to more voices.
> >
> > Best,
> > Dianjin Wang
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Kirill Reshke
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