Re: Let's drop two obsolete features which are bear-traps for novices

Hi,

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Eric Ridge <eebbrr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know if/when that will happen as such, but Simon was making noises
>> about writing code to treat hash indexes as unlogged automatically, which
>> would more or less fix the worst risks. That's not just a special case
>> for hash indexes, but any index AM that lacks WAL support, as third-party
>> AMs might well do.
>
>
> As someone writing a 3rd-party AM, literally right this moment, do you have
> a link to that thread? While I follow this list fairly closely I don't
> remember seeing this. I'd love to understand the thoughts around handling
> extension-based AMs.
>

You are looking for this:

http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAPpHfdsXwZmojm6Dx+TJnpYk27kT4o7Ri6X_4OSWcByu1Rm+VA@mail.gmail.com

Thanks,
Amit