Re: Re: reloption to prevent VACUUM from truncating empty pages at the end of relation

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>
Cc: Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, "Jamison, Kirk" <k(dot)jamison(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Re: reloption to prevent VACUUM from truncating empty pages at the end of relation
Date: 2019-03-27 21:27:22
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZ6=1nqsE_hqfBqGFNedPkTV-VqL5gw9Jz6ivogBgTQxg@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 10:35 PM Tsunakawa, Takayuki
<tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com> wrote:
> I almost have the same view as Sawada-san. The reloption vacuum_shrink_enabled is a positive name and follows the naming style of other reloptions. I hope this matches the style you have in mind.

You're both right and I'm wrong.

However, I think it would be better to stick with the term 'truncate'
which is widely-used already, rather than introducing a new term.

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Robert Haas
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