Re: max_standby_delay considered harmful

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>

From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Florian Pflug <fgp@phlo.org>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine@hi-media.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>
Date: 2010-05-14T21:51:18Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
>> This would be OK as long as we document it well.  We patched the
>> shutdown the way we did specifically because Fujii thought it would be
>> an easy fix; if it's complicated, we should revert it and document the
>> issue for DBAs.
> 
> I don't understand this comment.

In other words, I'm saying that it's not critical that we troubleshoot
this for 9.0.  Revering Fujii's patch, if it's not working, is an option.

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