Re: reducing the overhead of frequent table locks - now, with WIP patch

On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>> The approach looks sound to me. It's a fairly isolated patch and we
>> should be considering this for inclusion in 9.1, not wait another
>> year.
>
> That suggestion is completely insane.  The patch is only WIP and full of
> bugs, even according to its author.  Even if it were solid, it is way
> too late to be pushing such stuff into 9.1.  We're trying to ship a
> release, not find ways to cause it to slip more.

In 8.3, you implemented virtual transactionids days before we produced
a Release Candidate, against my recommendation.

At that time, I didn't start questioning your sanity. In fact we all
applauded that because it was a great performance gain.

The fact that you disagree with me does not make me insane. Inaction
on this point, resulting in a year's delay, will be considered to be a
gross waste by the majority of objective observers.

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