| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
| Cc: | Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: 2018-03 Commitfest Summary (Andres #1) |
| Date: | 2018-03-01 18:37:32 |
| Message-ID: | 23956.1519929452@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> On 2018-03-01 14:09:02 +0100, Fabien COELHO wrote:
>>> A bit concerned that we're turning pgbench into a kitchen sink.
>> I do not understand "kitchen sink" expression in this context, and your
>> general concerns about pgbench in various comments in your message.
> We're adding a lot of stuff to pgbench that only a few people
> use. There's a lot of duplication with similar parts of code in other
> parts of the codebase. pgbench in my opinion is a tool to facilitate
> postgres development, not a goal in itself.
FWIW, I share Andres' concern that pgbench is being extended far past
what anyone has shown a need for. If we had infinite resources this
wouldn't be a big problem, but it's eating into limited committer hours
and I'm not really convinced that we're getting adequate return.
regards, tom lane
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