Re: Enabling Checksums

From: Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>
To: Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Ants Aasma <ants(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Enabling Checksums
Date: 2013-04-17 15:58:10
Message-ID: CAM-w4HPSefBjK+wn61PwVQLHt0tK_5KkbeLFbK71LYPJERk=cw@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org> wrote:
> Is there any way we can change the checksum algorithm in 9.4
> *without* breaking pg_upgrade?

Personally I think we're going to need a solution for page format
changes someday eventually....

What advantages are we postponing now to avoid it?

* 32-bit checksums?
* Being able to enable/disable checksums?

Anything else?

--
greg

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