Re: Simplifying the interface of UpdateMinRecoveryPoint

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 8:27 PM, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Michael Paquier
> <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> Hence why not simplifying its interface and remove the force flag?
>
> One point to note is that the signature and usage of
> UpdateMinRecoveryPoint() is same as it was when it got introduced in
> commit-cdd46c76. Now the only reasons that come to my mind for
> introducing the force parameter was (a) it looks cleaner that way to
> committer (b) they have some usecase for the same in mind (c) it got
> have overlooked. Now, if it got introduced due to (c), then your
> patch does the right thing by removing it. Personally, I feel
> overloading the parameter for multiple purposes makes code less
> maintainable, so retaining as it is in HEAD has some merits.

There is no way to tell what that is, but perhaps Heikki recalls
something on the matter. I am just adding him in CC.
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Michael