Re: Rename backup_label to recovery_control

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Michael Banck <mbanck(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Rename backup_label to recovery_control
Date: 2023-10-16 16:12:37
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYK3Ntsaw4LFqApBsA1dKxvWwgZkWNVSoZgAg4H8gpVBg@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 12:06 PM Michael Banck <mbanck(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> Not sure what to do about this, but as people/companies start moving to
> 15, I am afraid we will get people complaining about this. I think
> having exclusive mode still be the default for pg_start_backup() (albeit
> deprecated) in one release and then dropping it in the next was too
> fast.

I completely agree, and I said so at the time, but got shouted down. I
think the argument that exclusive backups were breaking anything at
all was very weak. Nobody was being forced to use them, and they broke
nothing for people who didn't.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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