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Re: is the base backup protocol used by out-of-core tools?

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-02-08T18:39:12Z
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On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 1:03 PM Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com> wrote:
> I created this and added that for visibility and so it's not forgotten.
> ISTM that could be done post-freeze, although I don't know if that's useful or
> important.
>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_15_Open_Items

Thanks. I feel like this is in the department of things that are
unlikely to be an issue for anyone, but could be. But the set of
people who could care is basically just backup tool authors, so
hopefully they'll notice this thread, or that list.

-- 
Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

Commits

  1. Remove server support for the previous base backup protocol.

  2. Remove server support for old BASE_BACKUP command syntax.

  3. Modify pg_basebackup to use a new COPY subprotocol for base backups.

  4. Flexible options for BASE_BACKUP.