Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode

Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>

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

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

Date: 2019-01-10T14:56:41Z

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Remove exclusive backup mode
- 39969e2a1e4d 15.0 landed

Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Peter Eisentraut (peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com) wrote:
> > Clearly, not having to do that at all is better, but if this is all
> > there is to it, then I'm confused by the characterizations of how awful
> > and terrible this feature is and how we must rush to remove it.
> 
> It's not all there is to it though.
> 
> This issue leads to extended downtime regularly and is definitely a huge
> 'gotcha' for users, even if you don't want to call it outright broken,

Only if PostgreSQL crashes regularly, right?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe