| From: | David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode |
| Date: | 2018-11-27 15:44:33 |
| Message-ID: | 29fd6fb2-d00f-f56a-32fe-59150cee2eaa@pgmasters.net |
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On 11/27/18 10:29 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 27/11/2018 16:02, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> They're also the sort of installations which don't have reliable backups
>> and don't have any clue about the danger they are in due to the current
>> bug/issue/whatever we have with exclusive backups.
>>
>> No, I don't agree that it's sensible to continue to march on as if
>> nothing is wrong.
>
> It's fair to argue that this facility is broken and needs to be removed.
> But that needs to be its own argument.
I believe I made this argument in the OP.
> The argument in this subthread is that since we're already making
> changes in an adjacent area, removing this feature will have a low impact.
Fair enough, but I think the argument against exclusive backups stands
on its own. Also, I don't see backup and restore as adjacent. I see
them as thoroughly intertwined.
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-David
david(at)pgmasters(dot)net
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