On 28 May 2013 15:15, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:14 AM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> I think the right way is actually to rethink and simplify all this >> complexity of Freezing/Pruning/Hinting/Visibility > > I agree, but I think that's likely to have to wait until we get a > pluggable storage API, and then a few years beyond that for someone to > develop the technology to enable the new and better way. In the > meantime, if we can eliminate or even reduce the impact of freezing in > the near term, I think that's worth doing. I think we can do better more quickly than that. Andres' basic idea of skipping freeze completely was a valuable one and is the right way forwards. And it looks like the epoch based approach that Heikki and I have come up seems likely to end up somewhere workable. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
