| From: | Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com> |
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| To: | David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode |
| Date: | 2019-02-25 15:32:57 |
| Message-ID: | BB361EAB-5CED-4A63-9420-F1AD5AC38D10@thebuild.com |
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> On Feb 24, 2019, at 22:49, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net> wrote:
> This is a good idea -- but I'm still a bit mystified why the ability to run a backup in shell script is considered to be a hard requirement. Just about any language you can name performs non-exclusive backups with ease -- except shell. Perhaps the problem is with the language?
Many installations have a high degree of discomfort implementing system management functionality in something other than bash. It can be for any number of reasons: previous bad experiences (*cough* RHEL/Python *cough*), the feeling that too many dependencies are dragged in, or just lack of familiarity with them.
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