Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Personally I think putting development effort into REINDEX is a waste of
> >> manpower. Study how to make btree collapse out empty pages, instead.
>
> > Agreed, but what plans do we have to fix it? I have heard no proposals,
> > and it has been a known problem for years.
>
> Lots of important things have been on the TODO list for years.
> Diverting effort into third-best substitutes isn't going to help get
> them done faster.
Well, not providing tools for people to work around the problem seems
wrong too.
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