Re: .ready and .done files considered harmful - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: .ready and .done files considered harmful
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Msg-id 20210505203143.3q5xfik2r6z7rbmp@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: .ready and .done files considered harmful  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: .ready and .done files considered harmful  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Hi,

On 2021-05-05 16:22:21 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> Huh, I had not thought about that problem. So, at the risk of getting
> sidetracked, what exactly are you asking for here? Let the extension
> pick the timeline using an algorithm of its own devising, rather than
> having core do it? Or what?

Not Stephen, but to me the most reasonable way to address this is to
make timeline identifier wider and randomly allocated. The sequential
looking natures of timelines imo is actively unhelpful.

Greetings,

Andres Freund



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