Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> writes:
> Why does the sanity check test start with a VACUUM? Why not a VACUUM
> FULL?

The test predates the existence of VACUUM FULL ;-); so that's what it
did originally. I think I deliberately left it as-is during the 7.2
devel cycle, so that the new lazy-vacuum code would get exercised.

I don't see any strong reason to change it now ...

regards, tom lane

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