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Re: Sync Rep v17

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Daniel Farina <daniel@heroku.com>
Date: 2011-03-02T15:07:45Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
<heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> On 02.03.2011 12:40, Simon Riggs wrote:
>>
>> allow_standalone_primary seems to need to be better through than it is
>> now, yet neither of us think its worth having.
>>
>> If the people that want it can think it through a little better then it
>> might make this release, but I propose to remove it from this current
>> patch to allow us to commit with greater certainty and fewer bugs.
>
> If you leave it out, then let's rename the feature to "semi-synchronous
> replication" or such. The point of synchronous replication is
> zero-data-loss, and you don't achieve that with allow_standalone_primary=on.

I think that'd just be adding confusion.  Replication will still be
synchronous; it'll just be more likely to be not happening when you
think it is.

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Robert Haas
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