Re: is the base backup protocol used by out-of-core tools?

Am Mittwoch, dem 09.02.2022 um 08:01 -0500 schrieb Robert Haas:
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 3:14 AM Kyotaro Horiguchi
> <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > Thanks for pining.  AFAICS, as you see, pg_rman doesn't talk
> > basebackup protocol (nor even pg_basebackup command) as it supports
> > inremental backup.  So there's no issue about the removal of old
> > syntax on our side.
>
> Cool. Since the verdict here seems pretty unanimous and we've heard
> from a good number of backup tool authors, I'll give this another day
> or so and then commit, unless objections emerge before then.
>

A while ago i worked on a tool which talks the streaming protocol
directly. In the past there were already additions to the protocol
(like MANIFEST), so to support those optional features and multiple
major versions you already have to abstract the code to deal with that.

Having said that, i don't have any objections either to remove the old
protocol support.

Thanks
Bernd