Re: BUG #5946: Long exclusive lock taken by vacuum (not full)

On 3/28/2011 8:07 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jan Wieck<JanWieck@Yahoo.com>  writes:
>>  I somehow fail to see how this complete reversal of who does what and
>>  affecting code in entirely different parts of the system will qualify
>>  for patching back releases.
>
> I don't think any of the proposals make sense for back-patching.  We
> should be considering what's the sanest way to fix this in 9.2.

So our answer to users, who currently run 8.4 and experience 10+ minute 
blackouts caused by autovac, would be "upgrade to 9.2 when it's out".

Is that actually what you meant?


Jan

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