On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 19:27 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> There's a long standing requirement for filtering WAL records during
> recovery, allowing us to select databases, tables etc.
> 
> My approach to this has been to submit a patch for rmgr plugins. 
> 
> The patch has other good uses too, most especially being able to decode
> WAL records by having access to a continuously maintained catalog.
> 
> That patch may not have been understood by many and a recent private
> conversation indicated it may be vetoed, though not really sure why.
> 
> If we are going to reject the patch on rmgr plugins, then I'd like to
> get that overwith as quickly as possible so I can add other code to
> allow filtering for Hot Standby by some other route for 8.4.

Why are we adding features to patches?

Joshua D. Drake

> 
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