| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, david(at)fetter(dot)org, aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca, stark(at)mit(dot)edu, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: 16-bit page checksums for 9.2 |
| Date: | 2012-01-06 20:49:37 |
| Message-ID: | CA+U5nM+ddY6RO3r9WztXsoag1M4=pso8SiJn5zfk-LXhrntSZA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> No, but I'd rather see us commit a checksum patch that sometimes
> carries a major performance penalty and then work to reduce that
> penalty later than never commit anything at all. I think it's
> unrealistic to assume we're going to get this perfectly right in one
> try. I am not sure whether this particular patch is close enough for
> government work or still needs more hacking, and it may well be the
> latter, but there is no use holding our breath and waiting for
> absolute perfection.
Well said. My view completely.
I do want jam tomorrow, I just want bread and butter today as well.
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Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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