From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org, Michael Clemmons <glassresistor@gmail.com>
Cc: Hannu Krosing <hannu@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: Faster CREATE DATABASE by delaying fsync (was 8.4.1 ubuntu karmic slow createdb)
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:24:00 -0500
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Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> This is turning into yet another one of those situations where something
> simple and useful is being killed by trying to generalize it way more
> than it needs to be, given its current goals and its lack of external
> interfaces. There's no catversion bump or API breakage to hinder future
> refactoring if this isn't optimally designed internally from day one.
I agree that it's too late in the cycle for any major redesign of the
patch. But is it too much to ask to use a less confusing name for the
function?
regards, tom lane
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