Uh, we have three days before we package 9.0beta2.  It would be good if
we could decide on the max_standby_delay issue soon.

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Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 16:22 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > > Just this second posted about that, as it turns out.
> > > 
> > > I have a v3 *almost* ready of the keepalive patch. It still makes sense
> > > to me after a few days reflection, so is worth discussion and review. In
> > > or out, I want this settled within a week. Definitely need some R&R
> > > here.
> > 
> > Does the keepalive fix all the issues with max_standby_delay?  Tom?
> 
> OK, here's v4.
> 
> Summary
> 
> * WALSender adds a timestamp onto the header of every WAL chunk sent.
> 
> * Each WAL record now has a conceptual "send timestamp" that remains
> constant while that record is replayed. This is used as the basis from
> which max_standby_delay is calculated when required during replay.
> 
> * Send timestamp is calculated as the later of the timestamp of chunk in
> which WAL record was sent and the latest XLog time.
> 
> * WALSender sends an empty message as a keepalive when nothing else to
> send. (No longer a special message type for the keepalive).
> 
> I think its close, but if there's a gaping hole here somewhere then I'll
> punt for this release.
> 
> -- 
>  Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.com

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