On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 04:43:58PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > I don't think it makes sense to try and save bits and add complexity > > when we have no idea if we will ever use them, > > If we find ourselves in dire need of additional bits, there is a known > mechanism to get back 2 bits from old-style VACUUM FULL. I assume that > the reason nobody has bothered to write the code for that is that > there's no *that* much interest.
We have no way of tracking if users still have pages that used the bits via pg_upgrade before they were removed. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
