Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

To: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>

Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>

Date: 2019-02-25T18:23:11Z

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Remove exclusive backup mode
- 39969e2a1e4d 15.0 landed

On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:33:33AM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
> I don't want to see more users stumbling over the issues with the
> exclusive backup interface.  A better interface exists, and has existed
> since 9.6.

Do you really think we would be having this discussion if the
non-exclusive backup method was unequivocally better?  It is better for
some use-cases, and impossible for others.

Also, you can't say it will have no impact for five years on people who
do not upgrade.  The impact will be that they will have no new Postgres
features for five years.

I am not taking a stance on this issue, but making unclear statements
isn't helping the discussion.

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