Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode

From: Martín Marqués <martin(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Adrien NAYRAT <adrien(dot)nayrat(at)anayrat(dot)info>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode
Date: 2019-03-01 09:36:28
Message-ID: CAPdiE1wTeJrLLfA=MHQuersptXwZ1noEqM6prSCM9RLrfOiLyg@mail.gmail.com
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El jue., 28 de feb. de 2019 a la(s) 23:50, Michael Paquier
(michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz) escribió:
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 11:07:47PM -0300, Martín Marqués wrote:
> > El 28/2/19 a las 15:13, David Steele escribió:
> > + <para>
> > + The exclusive backup method is deprecated and should be avoided in
> > favor
> > + of the non-exclusive backup method or
> > + <application>pg_basebackup</application>.
> > + </para>
> >
> > Isn't pg_basebackup a non-exclusive backup method?
>
> It seems to me that it is exactly what this sentence means. Perhaps
> it should be splitted into two sentences for better clarity?

When I read that phrase I see 2 options: non-exclusive backups, and
pg_basebackup. It's as if pg_basebackup wasn't included in the former
group. It might bring some confusion.

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