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Re: is the base backup protocol used by out-of-core tools?

Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>

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From: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2022-02-08T18:03:15Z
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On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 11:26:41AM -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> Patches for the nuking are attached. If nobody writes back, I'm going
> to assume that means nobody cares, and commit these some time before
> feature freeze. If one or more people do write back, then my plan is
> to see what they have to say and proceed accordingly.

I created this and added that for visibility and so it's not forgotten.
ISTM that could be done post-freeze, although I don't know if that's useful or
important.

https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_15_Open_Items

-- 
Justin

Commits

  1. Remove server support for the previous base backup protocol.

  2. Remove server support for old BASE_BACKUP command syntax.

  3. Modify pg_basebackup to use a new COPY subprotocol for base backups.

  4. Flexible options for BASE_BACKUP.