Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode

On 2/22/19 6:32 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Magnus Hagander (magnus(at)hagander(dot)net) wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 6:13 AM David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net> wrote:
>>> On 2/16/19 5:57 AM, Andres Freund wrote:

>>>> I don't agree with a general 5 year deprecation window either. But it
>>>> seems pretty clear that there's no majority for removing exclusive
>>>> backups in v12. I think it'd be good to make the warning about its
>>>> impending death more explicit, but otherwise mark this CF entry either
>>>> as rejected or returned with feedback.
>>>
>>> I think there is support for the patch in PG13 so I was planning to move
>>> it out of the March CF to the first PG13 CF as soon as the app will
>>> allow it, i.e., once there is only a single open CF.
>>
>> Agreed, and I think we should also update the documentation for 12 with the
>> suggested more explicit mention of the deprecation.
>
> +1.

I'm working on this for the March CF. Ideally we would back-patch it to
9.6.

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-David
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