Re: Reviewing freeze map code

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Reviewing freeze map code
Date: 2016-06-06 14:15:28
Message-ID: 6254.1465222528@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Taking out GUCs is not
>> easier than taking out statement parameters; you risk breaking
>> applications either way.

> Agreed, but that doesn't really answer the question of which one we
> should have, if either. My gut feeling on this is to either do
> nothing or add a VACUUM option (not a GUC, not a reloption) called
> even_frozen_pages, default false. What is your opinion?

That's about where I stand, with some preference for "do nothing".
I'm not convinced we need this.

regards, tom lane

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