Re: Update on replication

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> writes:
> > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >> What about asynchronous (triggered?) replication? Is something like
> >> rserv or dbmirror going to be moved to main?
>
> >> From what I've been able to tell *so far*, Postgres-R is going to preclude
> > the ability for either to work ...
>
> Why do you say that? If it can't coexist with other solutions, then it
> surely will not be accepted, but I can't think of any reason why it
> would preclude other approaches.

Okay, if this is the case, that does change things somewhat, but Bruce
seems to indiate that co-existance will be a problem:

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> On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > > The other concern is how does integrating Postgres-R affect the ability to
> > > investigate other solutions?
> > >
> > > As I said, I don't doubt taht there are aspects of Postgres-R that would
> > > benefit the server as a whole, and those bits-n-pieces should be looked at
> > > on an individual basis, but to just slap it in completely and hope that it
> > > doesn't cause problems for alternative solutions is kinda irresponsible
> > > ...
> >
> > It certainly will cause problems with other replication solutions.