why there is not VACUUM FULL CONCURRENTLY?

Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>

To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2024-01-30T08:01:57Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

Hi

I have one question, what is a block of implementation of some variant of
VACUUM FULL like REINDEX CONCURRENTLY? Why similar mechanism of REINDEX
CONCURRENTLY cannot be used for VACUUM FULL?

Regards

Pavel

Commits

Add CONCURRENTLY option to REPACK
- 28d534e2ae0a 19 (unreleased) landed
Introduce the REPACK command
- ac58465e0618 19 (unreleased) landed
Adjust signature of cluster_rel() and its subroutines
- cc811f92bac5 18.0 landed
Simplify signature of RewriteTable
- ebd8fc7e47fd 18.0 cited