On 09/25/2014 10:20 AM, Andres Freund wrote: > On 2014-09-25 10:18:24 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: >> On 09/25/2014 10:14 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: >>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 06:01:08PM +0200, Andres Freund wrote: >>>> But independent of which version is chosen, we *REALLY* need to make the >>>> decision soon. This issue has held up the next beta (like jsonb has >>>> blocked previous beta) for *weeks*. >>>> >>>> Personally it doesn't make me very happy that Heikki and Tom had to be >>>> the people stepping up to fix this. >>> >>> I think there are a few reasons this has been delayed, aside from the >>> scheduling ones: >>> >>> 1. compression issues were a surprise, and we are wondering if >>> there are any other surprises >>> 2. pg_upgrade makes future data format changes problematic >>> 3. 9.3 multi-xact bugs spooked us into being more careful >>> >>> I am not sure what we can do to increase our speed based on these items. >> >> Alternately, this is delayed because: >> >> 1. We have one tested patch to fix the issue. >> >> 2. However, people are convinced that there's a better patch possible. >> >> 3. But nobody is working on this better patch except "in their spare time". >> >> Given this, I once again vote for releasing based on Tom's lengths-only >> patch, which is done, tested, and ready to go. > > Heikki's patch is there and polished.
If Heikki says it's ready, I'll test. So far he's said that it wasn't done yet. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
