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Re: pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-04-30T17:52:20Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 12:22 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> >
>> > (wal_keep_segments can be changed without restarting, right?)
>>
>> Should we allow -1 to mean "keep all segments"?
>
> Why is that not called "max_wal_segments"? wal_keep_segments sounds like
> its been through Google translate.

Because it's not a maximum?

...Robert