Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode

Christophe Pettus <xof@thebuild.com>

From: Christophe Pettus <xof@thebuild.com>

To: David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>

Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>

Date: 2019-02-25T15:32:57Z

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Remove exclusive backup mode
- 39969e2a1e4d 15.0 landed

> On Feb 24, 2019, at 22:49, David Steele <david@pgmasters.net> wrote:
> This is a good idea -- but I'm still a bit mystified why the ability to run a backup in shell script is considered to be a hard requirement. Just about any language you can name performs non-exclusive backups with ease -- except shell.  Perhaps the problem is with the language?

Many installations have a high degree of discomfort implementing system management functionality in something other than bash.  It can be for any number of reasons: previous bad experiences (*cough* RHEL/Python *cough*), the feeling that too many dependencies are dragged in, or just lack of familiarity with them.

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