On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 02:30:53PM -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:39 PM, Noah Misch <n...@leadboat.com> wrote: > > It's an exceptionally-challenging development project, agreed. So much code > > assumes the 1:1 relationship between backends and top-level transactions. > > I guess I'm being obtuse, but can you explain why that assumption must > be revisited?
It's not imperative, but the proposal on the table does so. Robert described doing so as "a key design goal for this feature"[1]. I have a general picture of why the proposers chose that, but I will defer to them for any elaboration. [1] http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/ca+tgmoze__kohfuyvzpxvtjsb85xm34kc_t41-oxhtb_111...@mail.gmail.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
