Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of mar nov 15 12:16:54 -0300 2011:
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> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Yeb Havinga <yebhavinga@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I reviewed your patch. I think it is in good shape, my two main remarks
> > (name of n_unremovable_tup and a remark about documentation at the end of
> > this review) are highly subjective and I wouldn't spend time on it unless
> > other people have the same opinion.
>
> I share your opinion; it's not obvious to me what this means either.
> I guess this is a dumb question, but why don't we remove all the dead
> tuples?
They were deleted but there are transactions with older snapshots.
I think vacuum uses the term "nondeletable" or "nonremovable". Not sure
which one is less bad. Not being a native speaker, they all sound
horrible to me.
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