Re: [HACKERS] PATCH: multivariate histograms and MCV lists

From: Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: David Rowley <david(dot)rowley(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Mark Dilger <hornschnorter(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] PATCH: multivariate histograms and MCV lists
Date: 2019-02-06 23:44:08
Message-ID: 53386926-08a6-76f7-6a8f-f36e4ffb1b9d@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2/6/19 10:59 PM, David Rowley wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 03:16, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> I wonder what should we be doing with this series -- concretely, should
>> the effort concentrate on one of the two patches, and leave the other
>> for pg13, to increase the chances of the first one being in pg12? I
>> would favor that approach, since it's pretty late in the cycle by now
>> and it seems dubious that both will be ready.
>
> I mostly have been reviewing the MCV patch with the thoughts that one
> is better than none in PG12. I don't see any particular reason that
> we need both in the one release.
>

I agree with that, although most of the complexity likely lies in
integrating the stats into the selectivity estimation - if we get that
right for the MCV patch, adding histogram seems comparably simpler.

But yeah, let's focus on the MCV part.

regards

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Tomas Vondra http://www.2ndQuadrant.com
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