Re: patch for new feature: Buffer Cache Hibernation

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> 
> Excerpts from Bruce Momjian's message of vie oct 14 12:12:22 -0300 2011:
> > 
> > Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> 
> > > The guideline, last I checked, was that before getting into coding any
> > > item from the TODO list, the prospective hacker should check previous
> > > discussions and initiate a new one on this list to ensure consensus.
> > > Unless something is blatantly "not wanted", I don't think it should be
> > > removed from the TODO list.  There not being consensus does not mean
> > > that there cannot ever be.
> > 
> > OK.  But if we are pretty sure we don't want something, e.g. hibernate,
> > we shouldn't add it.
> 
> If we're so sure we don't want it, we could add it to the "features we
> do not want" section.  But as Robert says downthread, I don't see us

Those are for features that people often ask for, and we don't want.  I
am sure there are a lot of things we don't want.

> being so sure that we don't want hibernation.

So, add it?

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