Re: Function to kill backend

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> writes:
> > But are you saying it *is* safe with SIGTERM to a backend?
>
> I'm saying I'm not happy about promoting that to the status of a
> supported feature. Up to now it's always been "if it breaks you
> get to keep both pieces", but if there's a built-in function to do it
> then people will naturally expect a certain level of reliability.
>
> Maybe it works fine, maybe it doesn't. But I foresee having to expend
> work down the road because of this addition.

I assume admins are already doing this (via kill), so whether it is
supported or not, we should give folks a safe way to do this. This
seems like basic functionality we should be giving admins, even if it
does take some work on our part.

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