Re: Should we remove vacuum_defer_cleanup_age?

Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>

From: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2023-04-11T16:33:01Z
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Commits

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  1. Rework text in replication slots documentation

  2. Remove vacuum_defer_cleanup_age

  3. Allow read only connections during recovery, known as Hot Standby.

On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 10:00:48AM -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> I don't know whether others think we should apply it this release, given the
> "late submission", but I tend to think it's not worth caring the complication
> of vacuum_defer_cleanup_age forward.

I don't see any utility in waiting; it just makes the process of
removing it take longer for no reason.

As long as it's done before the betas, it seems completely reasonable to
remove it for v16. 

-- 
Justin