On 2/22/19 2:15 PM, Andres Freund wrote: > Hi, > > On 2019-02-21 16:27:06 +0100, Andreas Karlsson wrote: >> I have not heard many requests for bringing back the old behavior, but I >> could easily have missed them. Either way I do not think there would be much >> demand for an in-place VACUUM FULL unless the index bloat problem is also >> solved. > Yea, I don't think there's much either. What I think there's PLENTY need > for is something like pg_repack in core. And could argue that the > trigger based logging it does to catch up to changes made concurrently > with the rewrite, to the old table, is a form of journaling... >
+1. Maybe this is something that should be on the agenda of the next developers' meeting. cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan https://www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services