Re: Initdb-time block size specification

On Sat, Sep 2, 2023 at 3:09 PM Tomas Vondra
<tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> Except that no one is forcing you to actually go 130mph or 32mph, right?
> You make it seem like this patch forces people to use some other page
> size, but that's clearly not what it's doing - it gives you the option
> to use smaller or larger block, if you chose to. Just like increasing
> the speed limit to 130mph doesn't mean you can't keep going 65mph.
>
> The thing is - we *already* allow using different block size, except
> that you have to do custom build. This just makes it easier.

Right. Which is worth doing if it doesn't hurt performance and is
likely to be useful to a lot of people, and is not worth doing if it
will hurt performance and be useful to relatively few people. My bet
is on the latter.

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