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Add TODO items we don't want (Idea from Josh Berkus)

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> Features We Do _Not_ Want
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> * All backends running as threads in a single process (not want)
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>   This eliminates the process protection we get from the current setup.
>   Thread creation is usually the same overhead as process creation on
>   modern systems, so it seems unwise to use a pure threaded model.
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> * Optimizer hints (not want)
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>   Optimizer hints are used to work around problems in the optimizer.  We
>   would rather have the problems reported and fixed.
>   http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-08/msg00506.php
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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#FF0000" vlink="#A00000" alink="#0000FF">
<h1><a name="section_1">PostgreSQL TODO List</a></h1>
<p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<a href="mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</a>)<br/>
Last updated: Wed Aug 9 10:55:32 EDT 2006
Last updated: Wed Aug 9 12:35:39 EDT 2006
</p>
<p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/>
<a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</a>.
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of result sets using new statement protocol
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</li></ul>
<h1><a name="section_23">Features We Do _Not_ Want</a></h1>
<ul>
<li>All backends running as threads in a single process (not want)
<p> This eliminates the process protection we get from the current setup.
Thread creation is usually the same overhead as process creation on
modern systems, so it seems unwise to use a pure threaded model.
</p>
</li><li>Optimizer hints (not want)
<p> Optimizer hints are used to work around problems in the optimizer. We
would rather have the problems reported and fixed.
<a href="http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-08/msg00506.php">http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-08/msg00506.php</a>
</p>
</li></ul>
<hr/>
<h2><a name="section_22_1">Developers who have claimed items are:</a></h2>
<h2><a name="section_23_1">Developers who have claimed items are:</a></h2>
<ul>
<li>Alvaro is Alvaro Herrera &lt;<a href="mailto:alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl">alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl</a>&gt;
</li><li>Andrew is Andrew Dunstan &lt;<a href="mailto:andrew@dunslane.net">andrew@dunslane.net</a>&gt;