Re: Sync Rep Design

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@postgresql.org>, Hannu Krosing <hannu@2ndquadrant.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-12-31T14:13:50Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner
<stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc> wrote:
>> What's weird about using the role name?  That's our standard way of
>> distinguishing between two or more users.  Why invent something new?
>
> wel a user is not a host/server for me - given there is no real benefit from
> using distinct roles for each standby yet I don't see why we should
> complicate the replication setup procedure by requiring 1 role per standby.
> So I'm all for giving each standby a name but please make it an explicit one
> and not something that is only vaguely related to the actual standby host.

OK.  If that's the consensus, can someone post a patch?

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