Re: [doc] remove reference to pg_dump pre-8.1 switch behaviour

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [doc] remove reference to pg_dump pre-8.1 switch behaviour
Date: 2020-12-01 07:35:49
Message-ID: X8XyVaSjh4+7MZBP@paquier.xyz
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On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 03:46:19PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> writes:
> > So this comes down to 5 items, as per the attached. Thoughts?
>
> These items look fine to me, except this bit seems a bit awkward:
>
> + Note that the delayed indexing technique used for <acronym>GIN</acronym>
> + (see <xref linkend="gin-fast-update"/> for details) makes this advice
> + less necessary, but for very large updates it may still be best to
> + drop and recreate the index.
>
> Less necessary than what? Maybe instead write
>
> When fastupdate is enabled (see ...), the penalty is much less than
> when it is not. But for very large updates it may still be best to
> drop and recreate the index.

Thanks, that's indeed better. I used your wording, looked at that
again, and applied that.
--
Michael

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