Re: Streaming replication and postmaster signaling

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, 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 20:53:37
Message-ID: 937d27e11001071253i37b7dbc9nb4959644138819f6@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> I am tempted to say we should clamp down and go into damage control
>> mode sooner rather than later.
>
> The more I see of the HS patch, the more I think the same.  But my
> proposal for "damage control mode" would be to immediately punt
> everything else to the next release and focus our energies exclusively
> on HS *and* SR.  In terms of the "big picture" for the project, those
> are headline items, and everything else is just trivia that the average
> user won't even notice.

100% agree. Whether or not individual users or their clients on this
list need both features, as a project we absolutely need to get them
out there to further boost our reputation as a credible alternative to
Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 and friends - which seem particularly
important to do whilst MySQL is in so much flux and people are
watching us closely.

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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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