Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode

David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>

From: David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>

To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>

Cc: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org

Date: 2018-11-27T15:44:33Z

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Remove exclusive backup mode
- 39969e2a1e4d 15.0 landed

On 11/27/18 10:29 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 27/11/2018 16:02, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> They're also the sort of installations which don't have reliable backups
>> and don't have any clue about the danger they are in due to the current
>> bug/issue/whatever we have with exclusive backups.
>>
>> No, I don't agree that it's sensible to continue to march on as if
>> nothing is wrong.
> 
> It's fair to argue that this facility is broken and needs to be removed.
>  But that needs to be its own argument.

I believe I made this argument in the OP.

> The argument in this subthread is that since we're already making
> changes in an adjacent area, removing this feature will have a low impact.

Fair enough, but I think the argument against exclusive backups stands
on its own.  Also, I don't see backup and restore as adjacent.  I see
them as thoroughly intertwined.

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-David
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