On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 03:13, David Steele <da...@pgmasters.net> wrote:
> The deprecated exclusive mode promises to make a difficult problem > simple but doesn't live up to that promise. That's why it was replaced > externally in 9.6 and why pg_basebackup has not used exclusive backups > since it was introduced in 9.2. > > Non-exclusive backups have been available since 9.6 and several > third-party solutions support this mode, in addition to pg_basebackup. > > The recently introduced recovery changes will break current automated > solutions so this seems like a good opportunity to make improvements on > the backup side as well. > > I'll submit a patch for the 2019-01 commitfest. > -1 for removal, in this release It's not there because anyone likes it, it's there because removing it is a risk Recent changes are the reason to keep it, not a reason to remove. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ <http://www.2ndquadrant.com/> PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
