Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 641A81337B67; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:21:06 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 24331-05; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:20:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from outmail149081.authsmtp.net (outmail149081.authsmtp.net [62.13.149.81]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1A721336DB6; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:20:58 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail-c194.authsmtp.com (mail-c194.authsmtp.com [62.13.128.121]) by punt2.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Kp) with ESMTP id o9F9KuCA056117; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:20:56 GMT Received: from [10.8.0.139] (host217-37-44-41.in-addr.btopenworld.com [217.37.44.41]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9F9KqZO050235; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:20:52 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Docs for archive_cleanup_command are poor From: Simon Riggs To: Tom Lane Cc: Brendan Jurd , Fujii Masao , Robert Haas , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, pgsql-docs@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <5681.1287093948@sss.pgh.pa.us> References: <1287081204.1725.1094.camel@ebony> <5681.1287093948@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:20:51 +0100 Message-ID: <1287134451.1725.1301.camel@ebony> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Quench: 81ca1852-d83d-11df-80b9-0022640b883e X-AuthReport-Spam: If SPAM / abuse - report it at: http://www.authsmtp.com/abuse X-AuthRoute: OCdxZQATClZOTQEd DAteCiN5VAwpPBRK HVkIKg5MJUcNSQVJ NksacBtFaQBbYlpF HGQLWlREUV17W2N/ bggfbwRafElJQQFu TkxIXVdaExpoT0MI cBdlE3MNdwBGen11 K09mWXQVVEUpJEd1 R0xJQWUFMXphaTRJ TUhYJQpJcANIfBlB agJ3XHBYLwdSbGoL MygYBAV5DhV2Awd4 eDo4ZX4VSl1DEDkm DxkYFjUuA0AyTCE+ Jho7MmkXG0MUO0M+ eVI7VBoANBgIYgAA X-Authentic-SMTP: 61633235383639.1015:706 X-AuthFastPath: 0 (Was 255) X-AuthVirus-Status: No virus detected - but ensure you scan with your own anti-virus system. X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201010/38 X-Sequence-Number: 6179 On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 18:05 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Brendan Jurd writes: > > Agreed that there are no doc bugs. The reason I suggested a backpatch > > is that I'm concerned that a lot of people are going to be approaching > > the whole Standby topic for the first time with 9.0, so it would be > > nice to give those folks an accessible account of how > > archive_cleanup_command is meant to be used. > > Yeah, if this is a material improvement in the usefulness of the HS > docs, I think including it into 9.0.x isn't a bad idea. Done. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services