Received: from maia.hub.org (unknown [200.46.208.211]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F33AA6325F1 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:54:17 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.211]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 90739-04 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:54:05 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from outmail136010.authsmtp.co.uk (outmail136010.authsmtp.co.uk [62.13.136.10]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37376632AD3 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:54:07 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail-c194.authsmtp.com (mail-c194.authsmtp.com [62.13.128.121]) by punt3.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Kp) with ESMTP id o1OIs1hQ023188; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:54:01 GMT Received: from [192.168.0.2] (88-110-213-69.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com [88.110.213.69]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Kp) with ESMTP id o1OIrvK4091417; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:53:57 GMT Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Move documentation of all recovery.conf option to a new chapter. From: Simon Riggs To: Heikki Linnakangas Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <4B856DF1.6030004@enterprisedb.com> References: <20100222114730.ADEC37541D0@cvs.postgresql.org> <1266967446.3752.4843.camel@ebony> <4B84C783.2090408@enterprisedb.com> <1266996685.3752.5825.camel@ebony> <1267003260.3752.6012.camel@ebony> <4B85621B.2070308@enterprisedb.com> <1267033689.3752.6536.camel@ebony> <4B856DF1.6030004@enterprisedb.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:53:56 +0000 Message-Id: <1267037636.3752.6632.camel@ebony> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Quench: f6ee4a28-2175-11df-80b9-0022640b883e X-Report-Spam: If SPAM / abuse - report it at: http://www.authsmtp.com/abuse X-AuthRoute: OCdxZQATClZOTQEd DAteCiN5VAwpPBRK HVkIKg5MJUcNSQVJ NksadBtFagFba1xT HGQLWlREUVV7XGB/ bgIfZQ1DY0tOQQdr U1ZPS01XHAJ3AVJe B2FnEF8JcwVPeXpx YghgWHVfEhJ8IBN5 E0xcCG8HYmJ9aWFL Bl1Qd1FdbQNKfB1D blAtXHsONCtlM3Bw LCQUGhUQAQlyEh9g ChkCNksWEw4uGSAx DxwFFigqEEsZTjky KBpuLVBUFUIVel8/ Olw/VEgJdRQVDAM8 V0ZVHC5eIREdQGIi RQVXQgYVEDRFXSpG RHUA X-Authentic-SMTP: 61633235383639.1015:706/Kp X-AuthFastPath: 255 X-Virus-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=-2.415 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=AWL=0.184, BAYES_00=-2.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201002/2002 X-Sequence-Number: 158345 On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 20:20 +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > Simon Riggs wrote: > > A new section inside the HA chapter would be useful, so this is on the > > same level as "Streaming Replication". So just drop everything down one > > level. > > The problem with that is that the recovery.conf options are also > relevant to plain-old recovery from an archive. And PITR. So it doesn't > really belong under HA either. Which is why, in the next paragraph, I proposed a way forwards... -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com