Re: [HACKERS] contrib/pg_freespacemap

2009-08-17 Thread decibel
On Aug 8, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: On 8/8/09 10:50 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Alvaro Herrera alvhe...@commandprompt.com writes: Is there any reason we didn't move the pg_freespace function from contrib to core? Is there a reason we *should* move it? The current

Re: [HACKERS] contrib/pg_freespacemap

2009-08-08 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Tom Lane wrote: Alvaro Herrera alvhe...@commandprompt.com writes: Is there any reason we didn't move the pg_freespace function from contrib to core? Is there a reason we *should* move it? The current definition doesn't leave me feeling that it's more than a low-level hacker's tool. No

Re: [HACKERS] contrib/pg_freespacemap

2009-08-08 Thread Tom Lane
Josh Berkus j...@agliodbs.com writes: Given that the FSM is now auto-managing, is there any reason to have this tool at all? Maybe not, but I'd be inclined to wait a release or so until we have more field experience with the new FSM. If, in a year, FSM is something nobody worries about

Re: [HACKERS] contrib/pg_freespacemap

2009-08-08 Thread Josh Berkus
On 8/8/09 10:50 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Alvaro Herrera alvhe...@commandprompt.com writes: Is there any reason we didn't move the pg_freespace function from contrib to core? Is there a reason we *should* move it? The current definition doesn't leave me feeling that it's

[HACKERS] contrib/pg_freespacemap

2009-08-07 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Hi, Is there any reason we didn't move the pg_freespace function from contrib to core? -- Alvaro Herrerahttp://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make

Re: [HACKERS] contrib/pg_freespacemap

2009-08-07 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera alvhe...@commandprompt.com writes: Is there any reason we didn't move the pg_freespace function from contrib to core? Is there a reason we *should* move it? The current definition doesn't leave me feeling that it's more than a low-level hacker's tool.