Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zzk90-00080y-Fk for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:46:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1Zzk8z-0006D8-0q for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:46:21 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1Zzk7e-0004bt-RO for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:44:58 +0000 Received: from out.smtp-auth.no-ip.com ([8.23.224.60]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1Zzk7b-00026j-Tm for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:44:57 +0000 X-No-IP: alvh.no-ip.org@noip-smtp X-Report-Spam-To: abuse@no-ip.com Received: from alvin.alvh.no-ip.org (unknown [200.132.66.10]) (Authenticated sender: alvh.no-ip.org@noip-smtp) by smtp-auth.no-ip.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 9DBDA400B13; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 03:44:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by alvin.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 756E3D0F; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 08:44:46 -0300 (CLT) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:44:46 -0200 From: Alvaro Herrera To: Amit Langote Cc: Simon Riggs , Amit Langote , Robert Haas , "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" Subject: Re: Declarative partitioning Message-ID: <20151120114446.GN614468@alvherre.pgsql> References: <55D3093C.5010800@lab.ntt.co.jp> <20150826140158.3678.53116.pgcf@coridan.postgresql.org> <563341AE.5010207@lab.ntt.co.jp> <564EE560.60106@lab.ntt.co.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-hackers Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org Amit Langote wrote: > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Simon Riggs wrote: > > Drop it?? I think he means "in this initial patch", right Amit L ? > > Yes, there was some notion of multi-level partitioning in the earlier > patch but I removed it from the version I posted on Oct 30. I do > intend to re-introduce it though. I'm with Simon. In my own experience, it's crazy to try to introduce a huge feature such as this one in a single enormous commit. The last patch you posted was 300 kb without any SGML changes. The way parallel query is being introduced is a good example to follow (or logical multi-master replication, for that matter) --- one infrastructure piece at a time. Let's build incrementally. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, 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