Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 07:32:47PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> * Bruce Momjian (bruce(at)momjian(dot)us) wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 07:10:46PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> > > De-deprecating the exclusive backup mode and returning that info at the
> > > start and telling users "put this anywhere EXCEPT this specific place,
> > > and make sure you DO put these files in that exact place when you
> > > restore" would perhaps be closer to what folks who really, really, want
> > > to do snapshot-based backups would want... if that ends up being a net
> >
> > Agreed.
>
> Alright, in that case I think we need a victim^Wvolunteer to step up to
> rewrite the documentation for backup for these two different methods,
> with very clear instructions on how to do this properly (which really
> should also include removing the particularly bad 'cp' command usage).
>
> Maybe I'm wrong, but as I recall David already tried to do that once and
> I doubt he's going to be interested in another round of that.
>
> Otherwise, it seems best to stop trying to paint this as something
> that's simple to do and rip the bandaid off and remove this long
> deprecated method, so we can have some sane documentation for the
> software writers who are writing backup solutions for PG.

I can work on it but I don't think I know all the details.

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