Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> OK, we have a submitted patch that attempts to improve bgwriter by
> making bgwriter_percent control what percentage of the buffer is
> scanned.
> The patch still needs doc changes and a change to the default value but
> at this point we need a vote on the patch. Is it:
> * too late for 8.0
> * not the right improvement
> * to be applied with doc/default additions
My vote: too late for 8.0. There is no hard evidence that this is a
useful improvement, and no time for such evidence to be obtained.
regards, tom lane