Re: synchronized snapshots

On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 20:36 +0100, Joachim Wieland wrote:
> The attached patch implements the idea of Heikki / Simon published in
> 
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-11/msg00271.php
> 
> Since nobody objected to the idea in general, I have implemented it.
> 
> As this is not currently used anywhere it doesn't give immediate benefit, it
> is however a prerequisite for a parallel version of pg_dump that quite some
> people (including myself) seem to be interested in.

I'm interested in this, but realistically won't have time to review this
personally in this release. Sorry about that.

-- Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.com