Re: Overhauling "Routine Vacuuming" docs, particularly its handling of freezing

On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 12:58 AM Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 12:16 AM John Naylor
> <john(dot)naylor(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> > Now is a great time to revise this section, in my view. (I myself am
about ready to get back to testing and writing for the task of removing
that "obnoxious hint".)
>
> Although I didn't mention the issue with single user mode in my
> introductory email (the situation there is just appalling IMV), it
> seems like I might not be able to ignore that problem while I'm
> working on this patch. Declaring that as out of scope for this doc
> patch series (on pragmatic grounds) feels awkward. I have to work
> around something that is just wrong. For now, the doc patch just has
> an "XXX" item about it. (Hopefully I'll think of a more natural way of
> not fixing it.)

If it helps, I've gone ahead with some testing and polishing on that, and
it's close to ready, I think (CC'd you). I'd like that piece to be separate
and small enough to be backpatchable (at least in theory).

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John Naylor
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