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Re: New standby_slot_names GUC in PG 17

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>, Muhammad Ikram <mmikram@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-06-22T14:43:53Z
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> FYI, changing this GUC name could force an initdb because
> postgresql.conf would have the old name and removing the comment to
> change it would cause an error.  Therefore, we should change it ASAP.

That's not reason for a forced initdb IMO.  It's easily fixed by
hand.

At this point we're into the release freeze for beta2, so even
if we had consensus on a new name it should wait till after.
So I see no particular urgency to make a decision.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Update release notes to reflect recent commit 0f934b0739.

  2. Rename standby_slot_names to synchronized_standby_slots.

  3. Add a new slot sync worker to synchronize logical slots.