Re: Beta1 announcement: alpha1 draft

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Josh berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Beta1 announcement: alpha1 draft
Date: 2016-04-29 11:32:10
Message-ID: 20160429113210.GS10850@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Bruce Momjian (bruce(at)momjian(dot)us) wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 07:14:22AM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> > > Damn, which means I need to test mine too. Where are these changes
> > > documented?
> >
> > The changes are to pg_start/stop_backup and their updated definitions
> > can be reviewed here:
> >
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/functions-admin.html
> >
> > Note that it's technically backwards compatible, however, the existing
> > exclusive backup approach is bad and may mean that the database doesn't
> > automatically recover from a crash which happens while the backup is
> > running. All backup tools should be updated to the new APIs to avoid
> > that risk.
>
> Is this risk new? Is it documented?

No, it's not new. I'm not sure off-hand if it's documented.

Thanks!

Stephen

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