Re: [HACKERS] pg_background contrib module proposal - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: [HACKERS] pg_background contrib module proposal
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Msg-id CA+Tgmobth+2GPHRbG77FovK-i8Nk5=CEO9L9+N6kpc_5DTxkeg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] pg_background contrib module proposal  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On 9 December 2016 at 13:00, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> That might be good, because then we wouldn't have to maintain two
>> copies of the code.
>
> So why are there two things at all? Why is this being worked on as
> well as Peter's patch? What will that give us?

A feature that can be accessed without writing C code.

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Robert Haas
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