Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fast promote mode skips checkpoint at end of recovery.

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fast promote mode skips checkpoint at end of recovery.
Date: 2013-02-07 11:48:07
Message-ID: CA+TgmobN6KMhO6waAMVwWhmhr00GP0DWTBNsNs70h8EwFG=-LA@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:04 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
<hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com> wrote:
> It makes me uncomfortable that we're adding switches to pg_ctl promote just
> because we're worried there might be bugs in our code. If we don't trust the
> code as it is, it needs more testing. We can analyze the code more
> thoroughly, to make an educated guess on what's likely to happen if it's
> broken, and consider adding some sanity checks etc. to make the consequences
> less severe. We should not put the burden on our users to decide if the code
> is trustworthy enough to use.

+1

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Robert Haas
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