Re: doc: explain pgstatindex fragmentation

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Frédéric Yhuel <frederic(dot)yhuel(at)dalibo(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: doc: explain pgstatindex fragmentation
Date: 2025-01-23 13:52:03
Message-ID: 039c2ad3696acc1e37d380f440f2aadc1b06142a.camel@cybertec.at
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On Tue, 2024-11-05 at 18:36 +0100, Frédéric Yhuel wrote:
> Hi, I thought it would be nice to give the user a better idea of what
> avg_leaf_density and leaf_fragmentation mean.
>
> Patch attached. What do you think?

I am all for explaining this better.

Here is my take. I tried to avoid "bloat", since it is jargon that
not everybody might be familiar with. I also didn't start a new
paragraph and kept it together with the explanation for index_size.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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