Re: patch for new feature: Buffer Cache Hibernation

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Cédric Villemain <cedric(dot)villemain(dot)debian(at)gmail(dot)com>, Mitsuru IWASAKI <iwasaki(at)jp(dot)freebsd(dot)org>, greg <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: patch for new feature: Buffer Cache Hibernation
Date: 2011-10-14 15:29:24
Message-ID: 1318605995-sup-243@alvh.no-ip.org
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Excerpts from Bruce Momjian's message of vie oct 14 12:12:22 -0300 2011:
>
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> > The guideline, last I checked, was that before getting into coding any
> > item from the TODO list, the prospective hacker should check previous
> > discussions and initiate a new one on this list to ensure consensus.
> > Unless something is blatantly "not wanted", I don't think it should be
> > removed from the TODO list. There not being consensus does not mean
> > that there cannot ever be.
>
> OK. But if we are pretty sure we don't want something, e.g. hibernate,
> we shouldn't add it.

If we're so sure we don't want it, we could add it to the "features we
do not want" section. But as Robert says downthread, I don't see us
being so sure that we don't want hibernation.

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Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
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