Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakan...@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Hmm, you could start streaming the WAL before you start the backup, so
> the fact that you've already removed some segments that are needed to
> restore from the backup by the time pg_stop_backup() is called doesn't
> necessarily mean that the backup is useless.
> You'd need a stand-alone tool to do the streaming in that case, and no
> such tool exists yet, but I would be surprised if one doesn't appear on
> pgfoundry sooner or later :-).
Yeah. ISTM the real bottom line here is that we have only a weak grasp
on how these features will end up being used; or for that matter what
the common error scenarios will be. I think that for the time being
we should err on the side of being permissive. We can tighten things
up and add more nanny-ism in the warnings later on, when we have
more field experience.
regards, tom lane
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