Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> On 4 August 2015 at 15:18, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
>> The only thing that variable does is change what the pending size limit
>> is determined by. Previously it was work_mem, now it's
>> gin_pending_list_limit. Imo that has pretty much nothing to do with not
>> registering pages as free.
> We've made a change to the way GIN fast update works and that needs to be
> an effective change, not one that immediately triggers a secondary
> annoyance for the user.
Said annoyance has been there since day one, no?
> I've asked some questions; they may turn into
> actions, or not, but they are open items.
If it's not a new problem introduced by 9.5, I don't think it's
appropriate to insist that 9.5 must solve it.
regards, tom lane
