Re: Add notes to pg_combinebackup docs

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Cc: Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com>, Martín Marqués <martin.marques@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-04-18T19:29:11Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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Same data as JSON: GET /api/v1/messages/:b64id/commits the thread's linked commits as JSON, with link sources. API reference →
  1. pg_combinebackup: Detect checksum mismatches and document limitation.

  2. Remove spurious "the".

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 3:25 PM Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> wrote:
> I don't think this is the way to go, such an option will be plastered on to
> helpful tutorials which users will copy/paste from even when they don't need
> the option at all, only to disable checksums when there was no reason for doing
> so.

That's actually a really good point. I mean, it's such an obscure
scenario, maybe it wouldn't make it into the tutorials, but if it
does, it'll never get taken out.

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Robert Haas
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