Re: Freeze avoidance of very large table. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Freeze avoidance of very large table.
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Msg-id 20150820144645.GN5232@alvherre.pgsql
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In response to Re: Freeze avoidance of very large table.  (Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@BlueTreble.com>)
Responses Re: Freeze avoidance of very large table.  (Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>)
Re: Freeze avoidance of very large table.  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Jim Nasby wrote:

> I think things like pageinspect are very different; I really can't see any
> use for those beyond debugging (and debugging by an expert at that).

I don't think that necessarily means it must continue to be in contrib.
Quite the contrary, I think it is a tool critical enough that it should
not be relegated to be a second-class citizen as it is now (let's face
it, being in contrib *is* second-class citizenship).

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