Re: [PATCH] updates to docs about HOT updates for BRIN

Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
To: Elizabeth Christensen <elizabeth.christensen@crunchydata.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2024-02-26T23:28:42Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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Greetings,

* Elizabeth Christensen (elizabeth.christensen@crunchydata.com) wrote:
> > On Feb 26, 2024, at 4:21 PM, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> > * Elizabeth Christensen (elizabeth.christensen@crunchydata.com) wrote:
> >> I have a small documentation patch to the HOT updates page
> >> <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/storage-hot.html>to add references
> >> to summary (BRIN) indexes not blocking HOT updates
> >> <https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAFp7QwpMRGcDAQumN7onN9HjrJ3u4X3ZRXdGFT0K5G2JWvnbWg@mail.gmail.com>,
> >> committed 19d8e2308b.
> > 
> > Sounds good to me, though the attached patch didn't want to apply, and
> > it isn't immediately clear to me why, but perhaps you could try saving
> > the patch from a different editor and re-sending it?
> 
> Thanks Stephen, attempt #2 here. 

Here's an updated patch which tries to improve on the wording a bit by
having it be a bit more consistent.  Would certainly welcome feedback on
it though, of course.  This is a tricky bit of language to write and
a complex optimization to explain.

Thanks!

Stephen

Commits

  1. docs: Update HOT update docs for 19d8e2308b