Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Send new protocol keepalive messages to standby servers.

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> On 5 June 2012 23:55, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
>>> Can't we have a trial branch where quarantined patches can be placed
>>> on trial for inclusion in main release?
>>
>> [ shrug... ] You're welcome to publish a personal repo somewhere with
>> such things. But even if we did that in the master repo, it would have
>> approximately nothing to do with released versions. You might as well
>> just figure on submitting the patch into 9.3.
>
> In an effort to resolve the PG9.2 open item on keepalives, I have
>
> * Ensured we have full and correct info about replication messages
> available for analysis
>
> * Turned off keepalives by default, keeping all code. It can be turned
> on again by someone that knows how.
>
> I will later do this
>
> * Publish functions that can turn on keepalives and analyse info from
> them, making them available as an Extension for 9.2
>
> Later meaning not during the next two weeks, but by Sep 15.
>
> That's about the simplest way of resolving it I can think of, so I
> hope that's fine for y'all.

Ah, wrong order of messages.Here's the explanation, you can disregard
my last one.

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