avamingli commented on PR #1762:
URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudberry/pull/1762#issuecomment-4523937319

   > Thanks! This is without a doubt a landmark work!
   
   Thanks.
   
   > I agree with the approach. Yes, GPORCA contains a huge number of logical 
transformations, but not all of them lead to such changes that the query can be 
calculated much faster. Let's find out which of the transformations were 
particularly effective and we will implement them in the PostgreSQL optimizer. 
Then, the PostgreSQL optimizer will be no worse than GPORCA. Not always, but it 
can be improved iteratively. Also my experience shows that bottom-up optimizers 
are faster.
   
   Agreed. ORCA's optimizer is routinely 100x+ slower than PG's. My take after 
this work is that ORCA's real edge was never the architecture, it was the 
features — and once the equivalent features land in PG (CTE handling being the 
clearest example), PG comes out ahead. Long term, gradually retiring ORCA and 
consolidating on PG is the right direction.
   
   > The work is so extensive that it takes time for a thorough review. At the 
same time, for the most part we are talking about logical transformations of 
queries, where the price of a mistake is not performance, but a wrong answer. 
So (take for example the first transformation - CTE Predicate Pushdown via OR 
Collection and CNF Conversion) I would like to read the original ACMSIGMOD 
article, its criticism and citations, look at the implementation and tests. It 
takes time.
   
   Agree correctness matters more than speed here.A few things that I hope make 
an earlier merge less risky:Every transformation here is grounded in techniques 
ORCA has used in Greenplum production for years. The theory isn't new. What's 
new is bringing it into the PG planner.Results were verified by diffing against 
ORCA across all 99 queries, on top of the regression suite.
   
   > 
   > Is it OK for you if we take **2 months** to review these changes? For my 
part, I can promise that we (various guys from our team) will provide details 
as soon as the review of individual changes is performed, rather than 
accumulating a list of comments.
   
   One timing constraint I should flag: @chenjinbao1989  is preparing the 
PostgreSQL 14 → 16 kernel upgrade 
https://github.com/apache/cloudberry/pull/1760 (5700+ commits touching the 
planner). We have discussed about that rebasing this PR across that would be 
impractical, so landing it first is really the only realistic path. Not sure 
for the timing, but review doesn't have to end at merge. I'd genuinely welcome 
the team continuing to dig in afterwards, bugs found later are still bugs found.
   
   
   
   


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