Re: .ready and .done files considered harmful

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: .ready and .done files considered harmful
Date: 2021-05-05 20:31:43
Message-ID: 20210505203143.3q5xfik2r6z7rbmp@alap3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2021-05-05 16:22:21 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> Huh, I had not thought about that problem. So, at the risk of getting
> sidetracked, what exactly are you asking for here? Let the extension
> pick the timeline using an algorithm of its own devising, rather than
> having core do it? Or what?

Not Stephen, but to me the most reasonable way to address this is to
make timeline identifier wider and randomly allocated. The sequential
looking natures of timelines imo is actively unhelpful.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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