Re: [PERFORM] Hints proposal

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Bucky Jordan <bjordan(at)lumeta(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Hints proposal
Date: 2006-10-13 17:58:33
Message-ID: 452FD3C9.4000303@dunslane.net
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Jim C. Nasby wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:23:31AM -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
>>
>>> Right. And I think the sane ideas are along the lines of estimate & cost
>>> corrections (like Tom is saying).
>>>
>> Let me ask this... how long do you (and others) want to wait for those?
>> It's great that the planner is continually improving, but it also
>> appears that there's still a long road ahead. Having a dune-buggy to get
>> to your destination ahead of the road might not be a bad idea... :)
>>
>
> It's all about resources Jim.. I have yet to see anyone step up and
> offer to help work on the planner in this thread (except Tom of course).
>
>
>

It's worse than that. Dune buggies do not run cost free. They require
oil, petrol, and maintenance. Somebody wants to build a Maserati and you
want to divert resources to maintaining dune buggies?

cheers

andrew

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