Re: First draft of the PG 15 release notes

2022年5月11日(水) 0:44 Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>:
>
> I have completed the first draft of the PG 15 release notes and you can
> see the results here:
>
> https://momjian.us/pgsql_docs/release-15.html
>
> The feature count is similar to recent major releases:
>
> release-10 195
> release-11 185
> release-12 198
> release-13 183
> release-14 229
> --> release-15 186
>
> I assume there will be major adjustments in the next few weeks based on
> feedback.

Re this:

>> Remove exclusive backup mode (David Steele, Nathan Bossart)
>>
>> If the database server stops abruptly while in this mode, the server could fail to start.
>> The non-exclusive backup mode requires a continuous database connection during the backup.

It'd be useful to mention exclusive backup mode has been deprecated since 9.6,
lest the impression arise that an important-sounding feature has been torn out
suddenly. Also not sure why we need to mention that non-exclusive backup
requires a continuous database connection, AFAIR that was also the case with
exclusive backups.

The patch also removed 4 and added 2 new functions, a change which anyone
maintaining backup utilities would need to be aware of.

Patch attached with suggested changes.

Regards

Ian Barwick

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