On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> Instead, what I propose (and is not really in the patch), as a
> backpatchable item, is an approach in which the functions to compute
> each rel's Browne strength and sort are hooks. Normal behavior is not
> to sort at all, as currently, and sites that have a problem with the
> current random order can install a custom module that provide hooks to
> change ordering as they see fit. So behavior won't change for people
> who have no problem today.
Can you think of any examples of cases where we have back-patched a new hook?
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