Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode

On 11/27/18 8:56 AM, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 03:13, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net
> <mailto:david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>> wrote:
>  
>
> The deprecated exclusive mode promises to make a difficult problem
> simple but doesn't live up to that promise. That's why it was replaced
> externally in 9.6 and why pg_basebackup has not used exclusive backups
> since it was introduced in 9.2.
>
> Non-exclusive backups have been available since 9.6 and several
> third-party solutions support this mode, in addition to pg_basebackup.
>
> The recently introduced recovery changes will break current automated
> solutions so this seems like a good opportunity to make improvements on
> the backup side as well.
>
> I'll submit a patch for the 2019-01 commitfest.
>
>
> -1 for removal, in this release
>
> It's not there because anyone likes it, it's there because removing it
> is a risk
>
> Recent changes are the reason to keep it, not a reason to remove.

How so?

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-David
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