Re: ARC patent

On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 18:51 -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> Simon Riggs wrote:
> 
> >So, it also seems clear that 8.0.x should eventually have a straight
> >upgrade path to a replacement, assuming the patent is granted. 
> >
> >We should therefore plan to:
> >1. improve/replace ARC for 8.1
> >2. backport any replacement directly onto 8.0STABLE as soon as any
> >patent is granted
> >

> One of the reasons for Postgres' well deserved reputation for stability 
> and reliability is that stable branches are ... stable. Backporting a 
> large item like cache replacement mechanism doesn't seem to fit that too 
> well. I wouldn't want to do that except as a complete last resort.

I agree... but I see no alternative to my point (2) though; I would
welcome additional options.

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Best Regards, Simon Riggs