Fujii Masao <masao.fu...@gmail.com> schrieb: >On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> >wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 2013-08-06 03:24:58 +0900, Fujii Masao wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> We discussed the $SUBJECT in the following threads: >>> >http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/ca+tgmozbr+wl8e7mf_krp6fy4fd2pmr11tpiuyjmfx_vtg1...@mail.gmail.com >>> >http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAHGQGwEBUvgcx8X+Z0Hh+VdwYcJ8KCuRuLt1jSsxeLxPcX=0...@mail.gmail.com >>> >>> Our consensus seems to remove "not fast" promotion at all >>> because there is no use case for that promotion. >>> >>> Attached patch removes "not fast" promotion. Barring any objections, >>> I will commit this patch. >> >> FWIW I'd rather keep plain promotion for a release or two. TBH, I >have a >> bit of trust issues regarding the new method, and I'd like to be able >to >> test potential issues against a stock postgres by doing a normal >instead >> of a fast promotion. > >So we should add new option specifying the promotion mode, into pg_ctl? >Currently pg_ctl cannot trigger the normal promotion.
I am fine with only supporting doing the promotion in the old fashioned way, but I wouldn't protest against an option either. >Or, instead of normal promotion, it might be better to use another >promotion >technique like shutdown + remove recovery.conf + restart for that >purpose? That's a very bad thing to do since it suppresses the timeline increase... Regards, Andres Please excuse brevity and formatting - I am writing this on my mobile phone. Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
