Re: 2018-03 Commitfest Summary (Andres #1)

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2018-03-01 14:09:02 +0100, Fabien COELHO wrote:
>>> A bit concerned that we're turning pgbench into a kitchen sink.

>> I do not understand "kitchen sink" expression in this context, and your
>> general concerns about pgbench in various comments in your message.

> We're adding a lot of stuff to pgbench that only a few people
> use. There's a lot of duplication with similar parts of code in other
> parts of the codebase. pgbench in my opinion is a tool to facilitate
> postgres development, not a goal in itself.

FWIW, I share Andres' concern that pgbench is being extended far past
what anyone has shown a need for.  If we had infinite resources this
wouldn't be a big problem, but it's eating into limited committer hours
and I'm not really convinced that we're getting adequate return.

            regards, tom lane