Re: On disable_cost

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: On disable_cost
Date: 2024-10-07 15:14:30
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZuaSX-FFvch0t5nvcBXk2c0O60gBRwx4w6zvBx-=oDPA@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Oct 5, 2024 at 1:37 AM David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Thanks for explaining your point of view. I've not shifted my opinion
> any, so I guess we just disagree. I feel a strong enough dislike for
> the current EXPLAIN output to feel it's worth working harder to have a
> better output.
>
> I won't push my point any further unless someone else appears
> supporting Laurenz and I. Thank you for working on getting rid of the
> disabled_cost. I think what we have is now much better than before.
> The EXPLAIN output is the only part I dislike about this work.
>
> I'd encourage anyone else on the sidelines who has an opinion on how
> to display the disabled-ness of a plan node in EXPLAIN to speak up
> now, even if it's just a +1 to something someone has already written.
> It would be nice to see what more people think.

I think you have adequate consensus to proceed with this. I'd just ask
that you don't disappear completely if it turns out that there are
problems. I accept that my commit created this problem and I'm
certainly willing to be involved too if we need to sort out more
things.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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