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Re:PostgreSQL reconsiders its process-based model by erikpukinskis on Monday June 19, 2023 @01:29PM (#36393944)
> there isn’t a whole ecosystem of packages that depend on access to a thread unsafe C API

They mentioned a similar issue for Postgres extensions, no?

> Haas, though, is not convinced that it would ever be possible to remove support for the process-based mode. Threads might not perform better for all use cases, or some important extensions may never gain support for running in threads.

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Re:PostgreSQL reconsiders its process-based model by scolby33 on Monday June 19, 2023 @01:47PM (#36394276)
I question how important an extension is if there’s not enough incentive to port it to the new paradigm, at least eventually.
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Re:PostgreSQL reconsiders its process-based model by abalashov on Monday June 19, 2023 @05:00PM (#36396398)
Well. The thing with that is just that there are a lot of extensions. Like, a lot!
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