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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:42:22 +0100
From: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>
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To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
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Subject: Re: Sync Rep Design
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On 12/30/2010 06:26 PM, Simon Riggs wrote:
>
> I've mulled over the design for sync rep for awhile now, and have come
> up with a feature set that includes the final detailed feedback from
> Fujii Masao, Aidan Van Dyk, Josh Berkus and others.
>
> The design also draws from MySQL concepts to make the two interfaces as
> similar and as simple as possible. It should be noted that the design
> presented here has many features that the MySQL design does not.
>
> I am currently finishing up my patch to offer these features, so its
> time to begin final discussions.
>
> As an interim step, I enclose a PDF version of relevant excerpts from
> the doc patch. The patch will follow on a later post in the near future.
>
> I would like to separate discussions on "user interface" from that of
> internal design, to make it easier for more people to get involved.
> Please read the following and post your comments. Thank you.

it would help if this would just be a simple text-only description of 
the design that people can actually comment on inline. I don't think 
sending technical design proposals as a pdf (which seems to be written 
in doc-style as well) is a good idea to encourage discussion on -hackers :(


Stefan