RE: pg_recvlogical cannot create slots with failover=true

Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu) <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>

From: "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>
To: 'Masahiko Sawada' <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-04-04T03:28:27Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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Dear Sawada-san,

> Thank you for updating the patch. Here are some minor comments:
> 
>          The <option>--two-phase</option> can be specified with
>          <option>--create-slot</option> to enable decoding of prepared
> transactions.
> +        Also, <option>--falover</option> can be specified with
> +        <option>--create-slot</option> to create replication slot which can
> be
> +        synchronized to the standby.
> 
> How about rewording the whole sentence like:
> 
> +        The <option>--two-phase</option> and
> <option>--failover</option> options
> +        can be specified with <option>--create-slot</option>.
> 
> Explaining both options here seems redundant to me.

Fixed.

> ---
> +       <para>
> +        Allows created replication slot to be synchronized to the standbys.
> +        This option may only be specified with
> <option>--create-slot</option>.
> +       </para>
> 
> How about slightly rewording to like:
> 
> +        Enables the slot to be synchronized to the standbys. This
> option may only be
> +        specified with <option>--create-slot</option>.

Fixed. The description in usage() is adjusted based on this.

> Also, the descriptions of pg_recvlogical options are written in
> alphabetical order. Please put the description for --failover option
> after -E/--endpos.

Right. I put because it had short-term '-o' in old version, but it was removed.
Fixed.

PSA new version.

Best regards,
Hayato Kuroda
FUJITSU LIMITED

Commits

  1. pg_recvlogical: Rename --two-phase and --failover options.

  2. doc: Fix a typo in pg_recvlogical documentation.

  3. pg_recvlogical: Add --failover option.