Re: Streaming replication, loose ends

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-01-16T03:22:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> > Uh, do we really want to call this "replication" rather than archive log
> > streaming or something.  It seems "replication" is a generic term and
> > will confuse people who are using other replication solutions like
> > Slony.
> 
> Good question. OTOH, if we move the sections about setting up a
> file-shipping based standby with pg_standby, that's not streaming.
> 
> What we have now is:

Frankly, I am concerned we now have a "replication" CVS subdirectory; 
it looks more like a 'wal_streaming' directory to me.

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