Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Augment WAL records for btree delete with GetOldestXmin() to

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-01-31T19:07:47Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 14:04 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> WTF?  Simon, this seems to be getting way way beyond anything the
>> community has agreed to.  Particularly, inventing GUCs is not something
>> to be doing without consensus.

> If you or anybody else would like me to revoke it then I am happy to do
> that, with no problem or argument. I agree it hasn't had discussion,
> though am happy to have such a discussion.

> The commit is a one line change, with parameter to control it, discussed
> by Heikki and myself in December 2008. I stand by the accuracy of the
> change; the parameter is really to ensure we can test during beta. 

Well, I was waiting to see if anyone else had an opinion, but: my
opinion is that a GUC is not appropriate here.  Either test it yourself
enough to be sure it's a win, or don't put it in.

			regards, tom lane