Tom Lane escribió: > Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > > Instead, what I propose (and is not really in the patch), as a > > backpatchable item, is an approach in which the functions to compute > > each rel's Browne strength and sort are hooks. Normal behavior is not > > to sort at all, as currently, and sites that have a problem with the > > current random order can install a custom module that provide hooks to > > change ordering as they see fit. So behavior won't change for people > > who have no problem today. > > Meh. I'm not really thrilled with adding hooks (that presumably we'd > have to preserve forever) to solve a short-term problem. Nor does this > sound hugely convenient for users with the problem, anyway. Do we even > know for sure that anyone would create such modules?
Well, I would. Providing a custom module is many times more convenient than providing a patched binary. But since there seems to be considerable resistance to the idea I will drop it, unless others vote in favour. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
