| From: | Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PITR Archive Recovery plus WIP PITR |
| Date: | 2004-07-14 04:31:36 |
| Message-ID: | 40F4B728.1060306@familyhealth.com.au |
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>>I am not fond of the timeline idea, especially for 7.5. Let's get usage
>>cases submitted first. I can imagine timelines as causing significant
>>confusion during restore, which is the last thing we want to do.
>
> I think that judgment is exactly backward. *Not* having timelines is
> what will cause serious and possibly fatal mistakes during restore:
> people will hand the wrong xlog files to restore and the software will
> be unable to recognize the inconsistency.
>
> We really need to get this right the first time.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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