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