Re: Postgres restart in the middle of exclusive backup and the presence of backup_label file

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM <satyanarlapuram(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Postgres restart in the middle of exclusive backup and the presence of backup_label file
Date: 2021-11-26 05:57:14
Message-ID: YaB3Oj4GfPOZ/3LC@paquier.xyz
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On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 06:19:03PM -0800, SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM wrote:
> Is there a plan in place to remove the exclusive backup option from the
> core in PG 15/16?

This was discussed, but removing it could also harm users relying on
it. Perhaps it could be revisited, but I am not sure if this is worth
worrying about either.

> If we are keeping it then why not make it better?

Well, non-exclusive backups are better by design in many aspects, so I
don't quite see the point in spending time on something that has more
limitations than what's already in place.
--
Michael

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