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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To:
Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
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"Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>,Nicolai Tufar <ntufar(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>,Ismail Teppeev <iteppeev(at)gmail(dot)com>,John Hansen <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au>,Zeugswetter Andreas DAZ SD <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>,Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>,pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject:
Re: ARC patent
Date:
2005-01-17 23:51:33
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2005-01-17 21:03:01 from "John Hansen" <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au>
2005-01-17 21:07:59 from Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
2005-01-17 21:13:57 from Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
2005-01-17 21:17:08 from Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
2005-01-17 21:39:11 from Nicolai Tufar <ntufar(at)gmail(dot)com>
2005-01-17 22:02:14 from "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
2005-01-17 22:17:42 from Nicolai Tufar <ntufar(at)gmail(dot)com>
2005-01-17 22:25:18 from Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
2005-01-17 23:22:11 from Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
2005-01-17 23:30:51 from "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
2005-01-17 23:54:03 from Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
2005-01-17 23:51:33 from Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
2005-01-18 00:08:43 from Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
2005-01-18 09:15:53 from Hans-Jürgen Schönig <postgres(at)cybertec(dot)at>
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2005-01-20 01:15:54 from Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>
2005-01-17 22:37:26 from Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
2005-01-17 22:59:12 from Kevin Brown <kevin(at)sysexperts(dot)com>
2005-01-17 22:17:24 from Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
2005-01-17 22:30:48 from Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
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Simon Riggs wrote:
>So, it also seems clear that 8.0.x should eventually have a straight
>upgrade path to a replacement, assuming the patent is granted.
>
>We should therefore plan to:
>1. improve/replace ARC for 8.1
>2. backport any replacement directly onto 8.0STABLE as soon as any
>patent is granted
>
>
>
>
One of the reasons for Postgres' well deserved reputation for stability
and reliability is that stable branches are ... stable. Backporting a
large item like cache replacement mechanism doesn't seem to fit that too
well. I wouldn't want to do that except as a complete last resort.
cheers
andrew
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