On 14 April 2015 at 21:53, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Peter commented previously that README.HOT should get an update. The
> relevant section seems to be "When can/should we prune or
> defragment?".
That's easy enough to change once we agree to commit.
> I wonder if it would be a useful heuristic to still prune pages if
> those pages are already dirty.
Useful for who? This is about responsibility. Why should someone
performing a large SELECT take the responsibility for cleaning pages?
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