Re: Freeze avoidance of very large table.

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>
Cc: Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Petr Jelinek <petr(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Freeze avoidance of very large table.
Date: 2015-08-20 14:46:45
Message-ID: 20150820144645.GN5232@alvherre.pgsql
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Jim Nasby wrote:

> I think things like pageinspect are very different; I really can't see any
> use for those beyond debugging (and debugging by an expert at that).

I don't think that necessarily means it must continue to be in contrib.
Quite the contrary, I think it is a tool critical enough that it should
not be relegated to be a second-class citizen as it is now (let's face
it, being in contrib *is* second-class citizenship).

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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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