Re: Proposal for changes to recovery.conf API

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal for changes to recovery.conf API
Date: 2016-12-18 13:21:12
Message-ID: 20161218132112.GC28523@momjian.us
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On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 02:14:06PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >     turn
> >     > into another section that we keep around (whether as part of the
> release
> >     notes,
> >     > or as a separate "upgrade steps" section or something).
> >
> >     I suggest whatever we do, we place the information in a permanent
> >     location that isn't moved or removed.
> >
> >
> >
> > +1. Absolutely. That's a very important point.
>
> That is really my only point --- wherever you put it, expect it to live
> there forever.
>
> Then in the end, it turns out we're in strong agreement :) 

Yes, but there was talk of adding it to the docs, then removing it in
later releases --- that's what I think is a bad idea. I think it would
be logical to have a sub-document underneath each major release note
section with more detailed instructions. This could be done for minor
releases as well where necessary.

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