Re: [HACKERS] Replication documentation addition

On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 08:42:07PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> > Something else worth doing though is to have a paragraph explaining why
> > there's no built-in replication. I don't have time to write something
> > right now, but I can do it later tonight if no one beats me to it.
>
> I thought that was implied in the early paragraph about why there are
> many solutions.

I think we should explicitely spell it out, especially considering how
many times people ask about it. How about...

This multitude of choices is why PostgreSQL does not ship with a
replication solution by default; any bundled solution would only
satisfy a subset of replication needs.

(sorry for the non-standard patch, but anoncvs isn't sync'd up yet).
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