Re: [DOCS] Autovacuum and XID wraparound

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Autovacuum and XID wraparound
Date: 2007-05-16 21:01:12
Message-ID: 7460.1179349272@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> ... I have resisted having VACUUM freeze
>> tuples before they've reached a quite-respectable age, and I object to
>> having CLUSTER do it either.

> How about freezing anything older than vacuum_freeze_min_age, just like
> VACUUM does?

I suppose that'd be OK, but is it likely to be worth the trouble?

>> I could maybe accept a CLUSTER FREEZE option to do this, but that's not
>> what's in the patch.

> I wouldn't like to add more options to CLUSTER, people are already
> confused about the similar VACUUM options.

Agreed, I wasn't thrilled with that idea.

regards, tom lane

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