Re: [PATCHES] [PATCH] Provide 8-byte transaction IDs to

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Darcy Buskermolen <darcyb(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] [PATCH] Provide 8-byte transaction IDs to
Date: 2006-07-26 22:26:11
Message-ID: 44C7EC03.5010507@dunslane.net
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Darcy Buskermolen wrote:
>
>> I'll take a bit more of a look through the patch and see if it is a real boot
>> to use it on those platforms that support it, and that we have a suitable way
>> around it on those that don't. But at this point I wouldn't hold my breath
>> on that
>>
>
> The alternative seems to be that the Slony-I team doesn't feel they have
> a need for it, nobody else pushes hard enough for the feature to be in
> core, and thus Slony-I and all the rest stays broken forever.
>
>

Some things are going to take a few generations to be generally useful,
ISTM. At least let's go with the bit that Tom says should be in core.

cheers

andrew

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