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Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie> writes:
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 9:32 AM Melanie Plageman
> <melanieplageman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Andres has suggested in the past that we allow maintenance_work_mem be
>> set to a lower value or introduce some kind of development GUC so that
>> we can more easily test multiple pass index vacuuming. Do you think
>> this would be worth it?

> No, I don't.

I don't see why that's not a good idea.

			regards, tom lane