Re: Feature Request: pg_replication_master()

On 24 December 2012 15:48, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 03:13:59PM +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
>> I don't think that represents enough change to keep people happy, but
>> I don't see anything else useful being suggested in this patch. Other
>> design thoughts welcome, but personally, I think rushing this design
>> through at this stage is likely to require us to change the design
>> again in later releases.
>
> Simon, you just agreed to:
>
>> At this point, backward compatibility seems to be hampering our ability
>> to move forward. I would like a vote that supports creation of a new
>> method for setting up streaming replication/point-in-time-recovery,
>> where backward compatibility is considered only where it is minimally
>> invasive.
>
> Let's figure out the API we want and implement it.

That's exactly what I spent the afternoon doing.

Merry Christmas

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