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

Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>

From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-06-08T16:43:08Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:

> One more thing --- when Tom applied that patch during 8.3 beta it was
> with everyone's agreement, so the policy should be that if we are going
> to break the rules, everyone has to agree --- if anyone disagrees, the
> rules stand.

I spoke against applying the patch, and to my knowledge was the only
person to have reviewed it at that stage.

I was happy that Tom applied it, but I would not have done so myself
then, nor would I do so now. I would trust only Tom to do that, which
is why I proposed to Tom that he look at Robert's patch.

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