> At 21:31 23/02/01 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >Now, I know many will complain that we are returning commit while not
> >having the stuff on the platter.
>
> You're definitely right there.
>
> >Maybe they do, but it seems
> >the benefit of grouped fsyncs() is large enough that many will say they
> >would rather have this option.
>
> I'd prefer to wait for a lock manager that supports timeouts and contention
> notification.
I understand, and if that was going to fix the problem completely, but
it isn't. It is just going to allow us more flexibility at guessing who
may be about to commit.
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