Re: [PATCHES] [PATCH] Provide 8-byte transaction IDs to

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Darcy Buskermolen wrote:
>   
>> I'll take a bit more of a look through the patch and see if it is a real boot 
>> to use it on those platforms that support it, and that we have a suitable way 
>> around it on those that don't.   But at this point I wouldn't hold my breath 
>> on that
>>     
>
> The alternative seems to be that the Slony-I team doesn't feel they have
> a need for it, nobody else pushes hard enough for the feature to be in
> core, and thus Slony-I and all the rest stays broken forever.
>
>   

Some things are going to take a few generations to be generally useful, 
ISTM. At least let's go with the bit that Tom says should be in core.

cheers

andrew