RE: [HACKERS] vacuum process size - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Ansley, Michael
Subject RE: [HACKERS] vacuum process size
Date
Msg-id 1BF7C7482189D211B03F00805F8527F70ED136@S-NATH-EXCH2
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Yes, all that too ;-)
>> 
>> On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Ansley, Michael wrote:
>> 
>> > The reason for the tag as to be able to return to the 6.5 release
source
>> > code.  It's production code, and should be accessible at least for the
next
>> > couple of months.
>> > 
>> > Was a tag created for 6.5.1?  The object is to be able to check out any
>> > particular release, bugs and all, whenever we feel like it.
>> 
>> Never did v6.5.1...but I have no problem with starting to do 
>> this on minor
>> releases to, since...
>> 
>> Could someone try out the following patch? 
>> 
>> ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-6.5-6.5.x.patch.gz
>> 
>> It is a patch against v6.5 that will bring it up to the most stable
>> version *if* it worked right.  Reading through the patch, 
>> everything looks
>> good, but...
>> 
>> If this actually works, we just might have a way of saving 
>> ppl downloading
>> 5Meg files on minor releases, as the above is <100k :)
>> 
>> 
>>  > 
>> > MikeA
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > >> 
>> > >> 
>> > >> Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp> writes:
>> > >> > Just for a confirmation: I see REL6_5_PATCHES and REL6_5 Tag in
the
>> > >> > CVS respository. I thought that REL6_5_PATCHES is the Tag for the
6.5
>> > >> > statble tree and would eventually become 6.5.2. If so, what is the
>> > >> > REL6_5 Tag? Or I totally miss the point?
>> > >> 
>> > >> Right, REL6_5_PATCHES is the 6.5.* branch.  REL6_5 is just a tag ---
>> > >> that is, it's effectively a frozen snapshot of the 6.5 release,
>> > >> not an evolvable branch.
>> > >> 
>> > >> I am not sure if Marc intends to continue this naming convention
>> > >> in future, or if it was just a mistake to create REL6_5 as a tag
>> > >> not a branch.  I don't see a whole lot of use for the frozen tag
>> > >> myself...
>> > >> 
>> > >>             regards, tom lane
>> > >> 
>> > >> ************
>> > >> 
>> > 
>> > ************
>> > 
>> 
>> Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               
>> IRC Nick: Scrappy
>> Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
>> primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: 
>> scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 
>> 


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