Re: Simplifying "standby mode"

From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)skype(dot)net>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Simplifying "standby mode"
Date: 2006-09-13 06:24:32
Message-ID: 87k648thb3.fsf@enterprisedb.com
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

> The project policy has always been that we don't change on-disk formats
> in minor releases. I'm not entirely clear why you are so keen on
> carving out an exception for WAL data.

I had always thought of the policy as "initdb is not required" not "no on-disk
format changes". In that light you're suggesting extending the policy which I
guess I just thought should be done explicitly rather than making policy by
accident.

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Gregory Stark
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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