Re: [PATCHES] Autovacuum launcher doesn't notice death of postmaster immediately

Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> > Ah; yes, what I was proposing (or thought about proposing, not sure if I
> > posted it or not) was putting a upper limit of 10 seconds in the sleep
> > (bgwriter sleeps 10 seconds if configured to not do anything).  Though
> > 10 seconds may seem like an eternity for systems like the ones Peter was
> > talking about, where there is a script trying to restart the server as
> > soon as the postmaster dies.

Peter, is 10 seconds good enough for you?

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