Re: pgsql: Done: > * -Compress WAL entries [wal] - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: pgsql: Done: > * -Compress WAL entries [wal]
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Msg-id 200506032141.j53Lfva02720@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: pgsql: Done: > * -Compress WAL entries [wal]  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> momjian@svr1.postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian) writes:
> > Done:
> >> * -Compress WAL entries [wal]
>
> It's not really "done" --- the ideas in the TODO file about using more
> intelligent compression methods are still on the table.  All I've done
> is to nab some very low-hanging fruit.

Yea, I am guessing that is as far as we want to go with compressing page
images for a while.  I will just remove the TODO item rather than mark
it as done.

> There's also the whole business of removing page images entirely from
> archived WAL files; this didn't address that at all.

Right, I kept that in the TODO.detail and on the TODO list.

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