Re: [PERFORM] Hints proposal - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: [PERFORM] Hints proposal
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Msg-id 452FD3C9.4000303@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: [PERFORM] Hints proposal  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Jim C. Nasby wrote:
>   
>> On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:23:31AM -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
>>     
>>> Right. And I think the sane ideas are along the lines of estimate & cost
>>> corrections (like Tom is saying).
>>>       
>> Let me ask this... how long do you (and others) want to wait for those?
>> It's great that the planner is continually improving, but it also
>> appears that there's still a long road ahead. Having a dune-buggy to get
>> to your destination ahead of the road might not be a bad idea... :)
>>     
>
> It's all about resources Jim.. I have yet to see anyone step up and
> offer to help work on the planner in this thread (except Tom of course).
>
>
>   

It's worse than that. Dune buggies do not run cost free. They require 
oil, petrol, and maintenance. Somebody wants to build a Maserati and you 
want to divert resources to maintaining dune buggies?

cheers

andrew



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