On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> > This seems more user-friendly. But well I agree that we could do > > a larger set of things that could be used for even other purposes: > > - Ability to define snapshot name with pg_dump > > - Take system or database-wide lock > > - Extra client application running the whole > > Now is this set of features worth doing knowing that export snapshot has > > been designed for multi-threaded closed applications? Not much sure. > > Regards, > > What do you mean with "designed for multi-threaded closed applications"? > External snapshots creation and control should be localized within dedicated client applications only. At least that's what I understand from it as that's how it is used now. -- Michael
