Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sKgKt-00Babs-Qu for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:37:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sKgKr-003Wkx-OS for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:37:58 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sKgKr-003Wjl-Ed for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:37:57 +0000 Received: from momjian.us ([72.94.173.45]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sKgKp-002qfy-Dl for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:37:57 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=momjian.us; s=2024011501; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date: Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description: In-Reply-To:References; bh=/Vt5S4aGFt4rhERtxSky7Oew3E+Amq1eWm1R2mLvTjo=; b=Pb wCSiw7Nlg0psNLQcZpMluxfI1Qj+0FASE+aCwb0NwqAT0VJ7e4G940pFMuXYYObBmwbHtTX/JlyPz van51V/cxVahYDy4wvg9EZO3mSq4496J9i+iGyRnSl4gxiajVikKyj7hA6MOJ+Z1Jx6YkgCGG0YpD 6DyOMMUJYwGH5VsuSIhLomNtf+nulpFTZ2QsCz/IJ9AMdfR/0raayPGzwsMa6oH0CoDSlp4EfgyrX l0U5VVDR0qOV3vFrWT4uvxw6pvwF6225M6W3qWLJxxCNQgK+6GrhawQXsj40Yh1jAZkQQtMmg0hYk Vp1D+aTU4k04EHIi/vEqMRkXgqm1pcDA==; Received: from bruce by momjian.us with local (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1sKgKo-005rMP-1K for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:37:54 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:37:54 -0400 From: Bruce Momjian To: PostgreSQL-development Subject: New standby_slot_names GUC in PG 17 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk The release notes have this item: Allow specification of physical standbys that must be synchronized before they are visible to subscribers (Hou Zhijie, Shveta Malik) The new server variable is standby_slot_names. Is standby_slot_names an accurate name for this GUC? It seems too generic. -- Bruce Momjian https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Only you can decide what is important to you.