Re: pgsql: Done: > * -Compress WAL entries [wal]

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Done: > * -Compress WAL entries [wal]
Date: 2005-06-03 21:41:57
Message-ID: 200506032141.j53Lfva02720@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> momjian(at)svr1(dot)postgresql(dot)org (Bruce Momjian) writes:
> > Done:
> >> * -Compress WAL entries [wal]
>
> It's not really "done" --- the ideas in the TODO file about using more
> intelligent compression methods are still on the table. All I've done
> is to nab some very low-hanging fruit.

Yea, I am guessing that is as far as we want to go with compressing page
images for a while. I will just remove the TODO item rather than mark
it as done.

> There's also the whole business of removing page images entirely from
> archived WAL files; this didn't address that at all.

Right, I kept that in the TODO.detail and on the TODO list.

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