Re: obsolete autovacuum comment

On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 02:03:27PM -0600, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> While working on my autovacuum scheduling patch [0], I noticed the
> following comment in relation_needs_vacanalyze():
>
> /*
> * Note that we don't need to take special consideration for stat
> * reset, because if that happens, the last vacuum and analyze counts
> * will be reset too.
> */
>
> AFAICT this is a relic from pg_autovacuum (the contrib module and
> predecessor to modern autovacuum) [1] and early versions of the autovacuum
> patch [2] [3]. After digging through the archives [4], I think this is
> referring to some stats that had to be managed separately but weren't ever
> actually committed.

Patch attached.

> Any objections to removing this comment?

If none materialize, I will proceed with removal in a couple of days.

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nathan