Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> The idea behind the load average based approach is
> to make the postmaster respect the situation of the overall system.
That'd be great if we could do it, but as I pointed out, the available
stats do not allow us to do it very well.
I think this will create a lot of portability headaches for no real
gain. If it were something we could just do and forget, I would not
object --- but the porting issues will create a LOT more work than
I think this can possibly be worth. The fact that the work is
distributed and will mostly be incurred by people other than the ones
advocating the change doesn't improve matters.
regards, tom lane