| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_control_recovery() return value when not in recovery |
| Date: | 2017-10-14 18:04:17 |
| Message-ID: | 23747.1508004257@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> wrote:
>> Sorry for the slow response, but thinking back on this now, the idea of
>> these functions, in my mind at least, was to provide as close to the
>> same output as possible to what pg_controldata outputs.
> I think that's a good goal.
>> So if we make a change here, do we also change pg_controldata?
> I think it would make more sense to leave both as they are and
> consider writing more documentation.
+1. Changing already-shipped behavior seems more disruptive than
this is worth.
regards, tom lane
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