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Re: reducing the overhead of frequent table locks - now, with WIP patch

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Joshua Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
Date: 2011-06-07T18:55:49Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> Before you arrived, it was quite normal to suggest tuning patches
> after feature freeze.

*Low risk* tuning patches make sense at this stage, yes.  Fooling with
the lock mechanisms doesn't qualify as low risk in my book.  The
probability of undetected subtle problems is just too great.

			regards, tom lane