Re: Moving pg_autovacuum from contrib to src/bin

Matthew T. O'Connor wrote:
> The only reason I put it in src/bin is because I thought people
> wanted pg_autovacuum to still be a runable stand alone app.

I see no reason for that.  If it's integrated as a postmaster child,
then it is run in a daemon-like mode automatically.

> But, I
> guess there is nothing preventing it from being a runable stand alone
> app located in src/backend/postmaster.

Yes, there are a lot of things.  You didn't understand what Tom was
saying.  We were expecting the autovacuum daemon to be integrated as a
postmaster child, not a separate program.