Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode

Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
To: Christophe Pettus <xof@thebuild.com>
Cc: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org>, David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-02-25T15:37:56Z
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Greetings,

* Christophe Pettus (xof@thebuild.com) wrote:
> > On Feb 25, 2019, at 05:18, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> > So..  We've more-or-less come full circle back to where the thread had
> > left off last time- the plan is to update the documentation to make it
> > clearer that the exclusive mode is deprecated and that it's going to be
> > removed, and then we'll actually remove it in PG13.
> 
> That's not my position, certainly; I still object to its removal.

It wasn't my intent to outline that as your position, my apologies if it
came across that way.

I do believe that's still the plan though, based on both this and the
prior discussion, unless something else happens to address the known
issues.

Thanks!

Stephen