Re: [GENERAL] 7.4Beta

[ Beta discussion moved to hackers.]

Peter Childs wrote:
>     Just loaded up 7.4Beta on a test system, to try and work out what the major 
> changes are/improvements.... I also started up pg_vacuum as this is now 
> working very well on our semi-live system (semi-live because we have not 
> finished developing the system yet.....)
>     Anyway. After trying to throw our 7.3 config file at it and it crashed badly 
> I resorted to the defaults. some of the settings in the config file have 
> changed. (Can somone make the config files backward compatable so at least 
> they ignor depricated settings!)

There will be a lost of config name and other changes in a special
section soon.

>     I throw last nights backup at it. Data went in in about 1/2 an hour then the 
> constraints went in and they took at age. about 2 hours.....
>     Is there anyway to speed up the database constraint code? Because quite 
> frankly at the current speed your probably better off without the 
> constraints.... (Same problem with 7.3 come to think about it.)
>     Otherwise 7.4. seams fine. 
>     Question, when is replication and rolling backup comming. I want to be able 
> to take the last backup and a list of all the updates since then and get back 
> to the current database quickly.

Rolling backups should be in 7.5, I hope.

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