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Date: Sun, 21 May 2023 22:52:09 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
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Subject: Re: PG 16 draft release notes ready
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On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 10:13:41AM -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the release notes!
> 
> > <!--
> > Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
> > 2023-04-06 [00d1e02be] hio: Use ExtendBufferedRelBy() to extend tables more eff
> > Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
> > 2023-04-06 [26158b852] Use ExtendBufferedRelTo() in XLogReadBufferExtended()
> > -->
> > 
> > <listitem>
> > <para>
> > Allow more efficient addition of multiple heap and index pages (Andres Freund)
> > </para>
> > </listitem>
> 
> While the case of extending by multiple pages improved the most, even
> extending by a single page at a time got a good bit more scalable. Maybe just
> "Improve efficiency of extending relations"?

Do average users know heap and index files are both relations?  That
seems too abstract so I spelled out heap and index pages.

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