Mark,
> No one could expect that this could happen by 8.2, or the release after
> that, but as a direction for the project, the "directors" of the
> PostgreSQL project must realize that the dump/restore is becomming like
> the old locking vacuum problem. It is a *serious* issue for PostgreSQL
> adoption and arguably a real design flaw.
"directors"? (looks around) Nobody here but us chickens, boss.
If you're really interested in pg_upgrade, you're welcome to help out. Gavin
Sherry, Zdenek, and Jonah Harris are working on it (the last separately, darn
it).
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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco