From: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: PG 16 draft release notes ready |
Date: | 2023-05-22 18:03:31 |
Message-ID: | 20230522180331.zburdnklqkbdvg5q@awork3.anarazel.de |
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Hi,
On 2023-05-21 22:52:09 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 10:13:41AM -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for the release notes!
> >
> > > <!--
> > > Author: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
> > > 2023-04-06 [00d1e02be] hio: Use ExtendBufferedRelBy() to extend tables more eff
> > > Author: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
> > > 2023-04-06 [26158b852] Use ExtendBufferedRelTo() in XLogReadBufferExtended()
> > > -->
> > >
> > > <listitem>
> > > <para>
> > > Allow more efficient addition of multiple heap and index pages (Andres Freund)
> > > </para>
> > > </listitem>
> >
> > While the case of extending by multiple pages improved the most, even
> > extending by a single page at a time got a good bit more scalable. Maybe just
> > "Improve efficiency of extending relations"?
>
> Do average users know heap and index files are both relations? That
> seems too abstract so I spelled out heap and index pages.
I don't know about average users - but I think users that read the release
notes do know.
I am a bit on the fence about "addition" vs "extending" - for me it's not
clear what "adding pages" really means, but I might be too deep into this.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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