Re: Remove recommendation for nightly VACUUM

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Remove recommendation for nightly VACUUM
Date: 2022-06-27 17:48:39
Message-ID: CABUevEyJi5p+WvbsZVM1jcdxLnVPR4OZ_PN-2kW=FPP2xQmopQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 5:36 PM Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 1:32 AM Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
> wrote:
> >> Looking at the Git history, most of that paragraph is from a time
> >> when autovacuum did not yet exist or was much less reliable than it
> >> is now. So I suggest removing all that and pointing to autovacuum
> >> instead, as done in the attached patch.
> >
> >
> > Agred. A nightly vacuum is definitely not something for "most people"
> anymore.
>
> +1.
>
> The VACUUM documentation needs to be totally overhauled. This is a start.
>

Agred, let's do partial improvement and not wait for a rewrite. Thus,
applied! Thanks!

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