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Comments: In-reply-to Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org>
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org> writes:
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 20:40, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> And, in fact, the game plan is to do that testing and see which default
>> we want.  I think it's premature to argue further about this until we
>> have some test results.

> Who will be doing that testing? You said you're relying on Greg Smith
> to manage the testing, but he's obviously uninterested, so it seems
> unlikely that this will go anywhere.

What's your basis for asserting he's uninterested?  Please have a little
patience.

			regards, tom lane