Re: min_safe_lsn column in pg_replication_slots view

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 8:44 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>
> On 2020-Jul-01, Amit Kapila wrote:
>
> > Okay, but do we think it is better to display this in
> > pg_replication_slots or some new view like pg_stat_*_slots as being
> > discussed in [1]?  It should not happen that we later decide to move
> > this or similar stats to that view.
>
> It seems that the main motivation for having some counters in another
> view is the ability to reset them; and resetting this distance value
> makes no sense, so I think it's better to have it in
> pg_replication_slots.
>

Fair enough.  It would be good if we can come up with something better
than 'distance' for this column.  Some ideas safe_wal_limit,
safe_wal_size?

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
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