Re: pgsql: Update item description: * Consider having the background writer

On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 01:40 +0000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Log Message:
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> Update item description:
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> * Consider having the background writer update the transaction status
>   hint bits before writing out the page
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>   Implementing this requires the background writer to have access to system
>   catalogs and the transaction status log.

Not very sure why you've added this one to the TODO list?

I raised it as not-a-good idea and I think Tom and Alvaro agreed. i.e. I
mentioned it in order to kill it. It's a ton of work for what very well
might be overhead rather than gain.

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