Re: what to revert

From: Ants Aasma <ants(dot)aasma(at)eesti(dot)ee>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: what to revert
Date: 2016-05-05 03:08:39
Message-ID: CA+CSw_tWj=nn6KbVtSR0xozc40R5WMgu9Pm94E8fRoCET3GsMw@mail.gmail.com
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On 5 May 2016 1:28 a.m., "Andres Freund" <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> On 2016-05-04 18:22:27 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> > How would the semantics change?
>
> Right now the time for computing the snapshot is relevant, if
> maintenance of xids is moved, it'll likely be tied to the time xids are
> assigned. That seems perfectly alright, but it'll change behaviour.

FWIW moving the maintenance to a clock tick process will not change user
visible semantics in any significant way. The change could easily be made
in the next release.

Regards,
Ants Aasma

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