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Re: Unhappy about API changes in the no-fsm-for-small-rels patch

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, John Naylor <john.naylor@2ndquadrant.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-04-18T21:14:49Z
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Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> My compromise suggestion would be to try to give John and Amit ~2 weeks
> to come up with a cleanup proposal, and then decide whether to 1) revert
> 2) apply the new patch, 3) decide to live with the warts for 12, and
> apply the patch in 13. As we would already have a patch, 3) seems like
> it'd be more tenable than without.

Seems reasonable.  I think we should shoot to have this resolved before
the end of the month, but it doesn't have to be done immediately.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Revert "Avoid the creation of the free space map for small heap relations".

  2. Improve code comments in b0eaa4c51b.

  3. During pg_upgrade, conditionally skip transfer of FSMs.

  4. Add more tests for FSM.

  5. Fix typos in commit 8586bf7ed8.

  6. tableam: introduce table AM infrastructure.

  7. Clear the local map when not used.

  8. Doc: Update the documentation for FSM behavior for small tables.

  9. Make FSM test portable.

  10. Avoid creation of the free space map for small heap relations, take 2.