Re: Index bloat problem in 7.4

Markus Schaber wrote:
> Hi, Dave,
> 
> Dave Cramer wrote:
> > I am aware that more recent versions > 8.x have fixed this problem, I
> > checked the 7.4 release notes but can't see if any of the fixes made it
> > into 7.4.
> 
> Usually, only critical data loss and security fixes are put into the
> minor updates (e. G. 7.4.0 to 7.4.13). So, if it's not in the release
> notes, it is unlikely that it dit make it into the 7.4 releases.

Except it was solved in 7.4:

Allow B-tree index compaction and empty page reuse (Tom)

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