Re: cvs head? initdb? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: cvs head? initdb?
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Msg-id 200311161757.hAGHvOM10184@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: cvs head? initdb?  (Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>)
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Jan Wieck wrote:
> Robert Treat wrote:
> > 
> > but how do you test this if you cant run them both against each other to 
> > compare?  (initally running vs 7.4 does tell you something, but even now, 7.5 
> > improved cross datatype index improvments could skew the results of any 
> > comparisons)
> 
> Right. But with the current two candidates (LRU and ARC) in the field 
> only, there isn't much to compare. If someone wants to implement another 
> algorithm, I will be happy to put the required switchboard (something 
> like the jump table in smgr) into the code. Right now I see much more 
> bang for the buck in creating the background writer.

Better Journalistic Manipulator ==> BJM.  :-)

_B_ruce _J_. _M_omjian.

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