Re: [GENERAL] 7.4Beta

[ Beta discussion moved to hackers.]

Peter Childs wrote:
> Just loaded up 7.4Beta on a test system, to try and work out what the major
> changes are/improvements.... I also started up pg_vacuum as this is now
> working very well on our semi-live system (semi-live because we have not
> finished developing the system yet.....)
> Anyway. After trying to throw our 7.3 config file at it and it crashed badly
> I resorted to the defaults. some of the settings in the config file have
> changed. (Can somone make the config files backward compatable so at least
> they ignor depricated settings!)

There will be a lost of config name and other changes in a special
section soon.

> I throw last nights backup at it. Data went in in about 1/2 an hour then the
> constraints went in and they took at age. about 2 hours.....
> Is there anyway to speed up the database constraint code? Because quite
> frankly at the current speed your probably better off without the
> constraints.... (Same problem with 7.3 come to think about it.)
> Otherwise 7.4. seams fine.
> Question, when is replication and rolling backup comming. I want to be able
> to take the last backup and a list of all the updates since then and get back
> to the current database quickly.

Rolling backups should be in 7.5, I hope.

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