Re: Perfomance degradation 9.3 (vs 9.2) for FreeBSD

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred(at)freebsd(dot)org>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Palle Girgensohn <girgen(at)freebsd(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Francois Tigeot <ftigeot(at)wolfpond(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Perfomance degradation 9.3 (vs 9.2) for FreeBSD
Date: 2014-04-21 17:37:09
Message-ID: 20140421173709.GG25695@eldon.alvh.no-ip.org
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Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> How high on the hierarchy of PostgreSQL's "needs" is making a single
> option a tunable versus compile time thing? I mean seriously you
> mean to stick on this one point when one of your users are asking
> you about this? That is pretty concerning to me.

I think the sticking point here is that the problem affects a single
platform, and it can easily be construed as a platform bug. For
problems that affect PostgreSQL as a whole for everybody, we hesitate a
lot less when it comes to creating new runtime options.

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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services

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