Re: [PATCH 10/16] Introduce the concept that wal has a 'origin' node

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Daniel Farina <daniel(at)heroku(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/16] Introduce the concept that wal has a 'origin' node
Date: 2012-06-20 17:51:02
Message-ID: CA+U5nMKJsvWst3cxGsK5n6YTEFrzNRczG8U_AXdgabZDpoUTdQ@mail.gmail.com
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On 21 June 2012 01:40, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:

>> I think extraction is a very sensible place to start; actually, I
>> think it's the best possible place to start.  But this particular
>> thread is about adding origin_ids to WAL, which I think is definitely
>> not the best place to start.

> Yep. I think the reason everyone started at it is that the patch was actually
> really simple ;).
> Note that the wal enrichement & decoding patches were before the origin_id
> patch in the patchseries ;)

Actually, I thought it would be non contentious...

A format change, so early in release cycle. Already openly discussed
with no comment. Using wasted space for efficiency, for information
already in use by Slony for similar reasons.

Oh well.

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