Re: [DOCS] Autovacuum and XID wraparound

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Autovacuum and XID wraparound
Date: 2007-05-16 21:20:56
Message-ID: 7667.1179350456@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
>>> How about freezing anything older than vacuum_freeze_min_age, just like
>>> VACUUM does?
>>
>> I suppose that'd be OK, but is it likely to be worth the trouble?

> I think so, because it means that people using CLUSTER to keep the size
> of tables in line instead of VACUUM, would not need the otherwise
> mandatory VACUUM.

Fair enough. Who will fix the already-applied patch?

regards, tom lane

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