Re: max_standby_delay considered harmful

On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 18:53 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:

> I think you missed the point: "do nothing" is not a viable option.
> I was proposing something that seemed simple enough to be safe to
> drop into 9.0 at this point. 

I've posted a patch that meets your stated objections. If you could
review that, this could be done in an hour.

There are other ways, but you'll need to explain a proposal in enough
detail that we're clear what you actually mean. 

> I'm less convinced that what Simon is proposing is safe enough.

Which proposal?

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