Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode

On Tue, 2020-06-30 at 17:38 -0400, David Steele wrote:
> Rebased patch is attached.

I remain -1 on removing the exclusive backup API.

People who don't mind manual intervention when PostgreSQL doesn't
start after a crash in backup mode could safely use it.

We have been over this, and there is not much point in re-opening
the discussion. I just had to speak up.

> Lastly, there is some concern about getting the backup label too late
> when doing snapshots or using traditional backup software. It would
> certainly be possible to return the backup_label and tablespace_map from
> pg_start_backup() and let the user make the choice about what to do with
> them. Any of these methods will require some scripting so I don't see
> why the files couldn't be written as, for example, backup_label.snap and
> tablespace_map.snap and then renamed by the restore script. The patch
> does not currently make this change, but it could be added pretty easily
> if that overcomes this objection.

That would be interesting improvements that would make the non-exclusive
backup API easier to use.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe