Brion Vibber wrote:
A possible alternative which has been brought up
before is to avoid
changing the structure of the old table, rather pullings its non-textual
data out to a separate table and continuing to use the old table
(unaltered) as a store for old_text. This avoids copying around the most
data and should in theory be faster.
I had volunteered to do this, and have had a nearly-done patch on hand
for a while now, but my ability to find time to code disappeared when
classes started. Is there still interest in me finishing this?
Ivan