Re: Streaming replication and postmaster signaling

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Streaming replication and postmaster signaling
Date: 2010-01-07 18:21:09
Message-ID: 29090.1262888469@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I like Andres' suggestion upthread of setting a deadline and
> determining to bounce the patch if it's not committed by that date.
> If it turns out we have to bounce it, that stinks, but I don't think
> it makes sense to go to beta with a huge, barely-tested pile of code
> in the tree. Not that the testing Heikki and Fujii Masao have been
> doing until now hasn't been good, but it's not nearly as rigorous as
> what we will get when all of our users start banging on it.

This argument would hold more water if there weren't *already* a huge,
barely-tested pile of code in the tree, namely HS. If you think that's
anywhere near ready to go to beta, I'm afraid I'd better disillusion
you immediately.

regards, tom lane

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