> So there isn't a "fall down" thing here. We expect the recently
> loaded/updated data to be scanned and that's OK.
>
> Having the minmax index updated greedily is just adding extra work for
> fast diminishing returns. We can always add that later if really
> needed, but I doubt it will be needed - in just the same way as mat
> views aren't greedily updated.
Ok, in that case, can we add the patch without messing with the FSM
logic? It'll work out-of-the-box for append-only tables, and that's a
pretty solid use case.
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