From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
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To: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
Cc: | pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Vacuum full warning |
Date: | 2011-01-21 14:11:21 |
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On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 15:01, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 13:30, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 13:22, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>>>>>>> I came across yet another case of "i did vacuum full because it seemed
>>>>>>> like a good idea" today.. Urgh.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What do you guys think of a patch like the attached, which throws a
>>>>>>> warning when you run vacuum full from the maintenance dialog on a
>>>>>>> pre-9.0 version?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Something like that should be a guru hint shouldn't it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmm. That might be an idea. I always turn those off because the
>>>>> majority of them are just annoying ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> Where the heck is the *source* for the guru hints stored?
>>>>
>>>> docs/xxxx/hints.
>>>
>>> Meh. So why didn't mym "git grep" find that.. *annoyance*.
>>>
>>> Anyway. Something like this, then? Am I missing something still?
>>
>> At least a change to the installer source to add the new file. Do we
>> need something for Makefile.am as well, or are we using a wildcard
>> there?
>
> Ah, wasn't aware we used the installer from there. But yeah, other
> ones are in the wxs file - will go add there.
>
> Makefile.am appears to be using a wildcard, yes.
>
> Q: what's our taken on batckpatching something like this to 1.12?
Hmm, well it's not really a bug - but it's hard to call it a feature
either, and it certainly seems like it might help people avoid
expensive mistakes. It's also not at all invasive, so I don't think
I'd object.
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