Re: WANTED: VACUUM SUMMARY - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: WANTED: VACUUM SUMMARY
Date
Msg-id 17796.1209418911@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: WANTED: VACUUM SUMMARY  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> I know there are other plans for 8.4 but I was wondering if those plans
>> appear to be happening or not? I don't want to waste people's time on
>> the patch but if we aren't going to change the FSM stuff for 8.4, I as
>> a DBA would find VACUUM SUMMARY useful.

> I think it would be more useful to move pg_freespacemap from contrib to
> core.

The free space map won't even exist in its current form when 8.4 is
released.  (If Heikki doesn't do it then I will...)  So I see little
value in expending further effort on the present design.
        regards, tom lane


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