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Re: system views for walsender activity

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki.takahiro@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-01-07T19:51:39Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 19:48 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> We try to avoid inidb-requiring changes (like renaming a system
>> object...) during beta.

> Why?

So that beta testers won't be forced to do a dump and reload.

When and if pg_upgrade is actually 100% trustworthy, maybe the desire
to avoid initdb's after beta1 will vanish completely; but for now it's
still a good thing to avoid.

			regards, tom lane