Re: Release Note Changes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Release Note Changes
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Msg-id 4759AABE.20108@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: Release Note Changes  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Release Note Changes  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>   
>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>     
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> - Heap-Only Tuples (HOT) accelerate space reuse for UPDATEs
>>>> change to
>>>> "Heap-Only Tuples (HOT) improve performance of frequent UPDATEs"
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> I used the original text because it tries to explain _how_ HOT improves
>>> performance.  The item that has the descriptive text explains how the
>>> space reuse works.  A generic "improve performance" doesn't seem like an
>>> improvement.
>>>
>>>   
>>>   
>>>       
>> I still think this needs to be qualified either way. As it stands it's 
>> quite misleading. Many update scenarios will not benefit one whit from 
>> HOT updates.
>>     
>
> Doesn't the detail description qualify it enought?  The heading isn't
> suppose to have all the information or it would be unreadable.
>
>   

If you don't want to be more specific I'd say "certain updates" or "some 
updates" or something similar, just some flag to say it's not all of them.

cheers

andrew


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