Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Avoid extra locks in GetSnapshotData if old_snapshot_threshold <

On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 2:48 AM, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
>>> This PostgreSQL 9.6 open item is past due for your status update.  Kindly send
>>> a status update within 24 hours, and include a date for your subsequent status
>>> update.  Refer to the policy on open item ownership:
>>> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20160527025039.GA447393@tornado.leadboat.com
>>
>> IIRC Kevin is out of the office this week, so this'll have to wait till
>> next week.
>
> No, he's back since Tuesday - it was last week that he was out.  I
> spoke with him yesterday about this and he indicated that he had been
> thinking about it and had several ideas about how to fix it.  I'm not
> sure why he hasn't posted here yet.

I have been looking at several possible fixes, and weighing the
pros and cons of each.  I expect to post a patch later today.

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