Re: pg_autovacuum next steps

Matthew T. O'Connor wrote:
> Lately I have been thinking about the next steps for the
> pg_autovacuum daemon.  I have written up a document that describes
> what I'm planning to do next.   Please read the attached and response
> as I would really like some feedback.

I think these configuration issues will become a lot easier if you make 
the autovacuum daemon a subprocess of the postmaster (like, say, the 
checkpoint process).  Then you have access to a host of methods for 
storing state, handling configuration, etc.