Re: WAL & RC1 status

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-core(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WAL & RC1 status
Date: 2001-03-02 16:03:20
Message-ID: 3585.983549000@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Well, I was thinking a few things. Right now, if we update the
> catversion.h, we will require a dump/reload. If we can update just the
> WAL version stamp, that will allow us to fix WAL format problems without
> requiring people to dump/reload.

Since there is not a separate WAL version stamp, introducing one now
would certainly force an initdb. I don't mind adding one if you think
it's useful; another 4 bytes in pg_control won't hurt anything. But
it's not going to save anyone's bacon on this cycle.

At least one of my concerns (single point of failure) would require a
change to the layout of pg_control, which would force initdb anyway.
Anyone want to propose a third version# for pg_control?

regards, tom lane

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