Re: Integrating Replication into Core

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Markus Schiltknecht <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Shane Ambler <pgsql(at)007Marketing(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Integrating Replication into Core
Date: 2006-11-22 19:09:19
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> Wasn't there supposed to be some discussion among replication authors to
> try to come up with at least some common hooks?

Well yes, but as far as I know that never happen, and we have been
implementing the new version with the above syntax for a year and our
GUC variables have been around for over 4 years.

>
> If everybody invents their own grammar, GUC vars, etc. etc. it will be
> impossible to handle down the track. We'd be faced with a choice of
> never having any replication in core, or picking one and leaving the
> others out in the cold. This is supposed to be a *community*.

Agreed.

Joshua D. Drake

>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>
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