Re: use less space in xl_xact_commit patch

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Leonardo Francalanci <m_lists@yahoo.it>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-06-16T14:14:39Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> With regards to the naming, I think it would be better if we kept
>> XLOG_XACT_COMMIT record exactly as it is now, and make the second
>> record an entirely new record called XLOG_XACT_COMMIT_FASTPATH. That
>> way we retain backwards compatibility.

> I liked your previous suggestion of commit and commit-with-info
> better.  There's nothing particularly fast about this; it's just less
> info.  So to speak.

Yes.  There is no need to preserve backwards compatibility here, so
let's just design the records in a way that makes sense on its own.

			regards, tom lane