pg_receivexlog and feedback message

Right now, pg_receivexlog sets:
replymsg->write = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
replymsg->flush = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
replymsg->apply = InvalidXLogRecPtr;

when it sends it's status updates.

I'm thinking it sohuld set replymsg->write = blockpos instad.

Why? That way you can see in pg_stat_replication what has actually
been received by pg_receivexlog - not just what we last sent. This can
be useful in combination with an archive_command that can block WAL
recycling until it has been saved to the standby. And it would be
useful as a general monitoring thing as well.

I think the original reason was that it shouldn't interefer with
synchronous replication - but it does take away a fairly useful
usecase...

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