Tom,
> I'd argue it's fine: there are tons of people using row-level stats
> via autovacuum, and (AFAICT) just about nobody using 'em for any other
> purpose. Certainly you never see anyone suggesting them as a tool for
> investigating problems on pgsql-performance.
Actually, I use the stats for performance tuning. However, I can't say
that I care about the exact numbers; I'm just looking for columns which
get "lots" of seq scans or indexes that don't get used.
--Josh
