Re: bg worker: patch 1 of 6 - permanent process

From: Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>
To: Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: bg worker: patch 1 of 6 - permanent process
Date: 2010-08-26 10:42:11
Message-ID: 4C764503.70906@bluegap.ch
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On 08/26/2010 05:01 AM, Itagaki Takahiro wrote:
> Markus, do you need B? Or A + standard backend processes are enough?
> If you need B eventually, starting with B might be better.

No, I certainly don't need B.

Why not just use an ordinary backend to do "user defined background
processing"? It covers all of the API stability and the security issues
I've raised.

Regards

Markus Wanner

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