public inbox for [email protected]  

help / color / mirror / Atom feed

From: Andrew Dunstan <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Bossart, Nathan <[email protected]>
Cc: Stephen Frost <[email protected]>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
Cc: Pg Hackers <[email protected]>
Cc: SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Postgres restart in the middle of exclusive backup and the presence of backup_label file
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 11:14:54 -0500
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <CAHg+QDfiM+WU61tF6=nPZocMZvHDzCK47Kneyb0ZRULYzV5sKQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<[email protected]>
	<CAHg+QDekOasWArvmPeOqhyTUHR40DsDOWyt7OaKxpQ7eFYqysw@mail.gmail.com>
	<YaB3Oj4GfPOZ/[email protected]>
	<[email protected]>
	<[email protected]>
	<[email protected]>
	<CAOuzzgoYqzH+c_fzapjGFh6kiZjXDc0jPCQctbQjajn7a4vyxA@mail.gmail.com>
	<[email protected]>
	<[email protected]>


On 11/30/21 17:26, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Bossart, Nathan" <[email protected]> writes:
>> It looks like the exclusive way has been marked deprecated in all
>> supported versions along with a note that it will eventually be
>> removed.  If it's not going to be removed out of fear of breaking
>> backward compatibility, I think the documentation should be updated to
>> say that.  However, unless there is something that is preventing users
>> from switching to the non-exclusive approach, I think it is reasonable
>> to begin thinking about removing it.
> If we're willing to outright remove it, I don't have any great objection.
> My original two cents was that we shouldn't put effort into improving it;
> but removing it isn't that.
>
> 			


+1


Let's just remove it. We already know it's a footgun, and there's been
plenty of warning.


cheers


andrew


--
Andrew Dunstan
EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com

view thread (28+ messages)  latest in thread

reply

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
  reply via email

  To: [email protected]
  Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
  Subject: Re: Postgres restart in the middle of exclusive backup and the presence of backup_label file
  In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

This inbox is served by agora; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox