Re: libpq changes for synchronous replication

Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of vie nov 19 12:25:13 -0300 2010:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >> The patch is touching protocol.sgml as follows. Isn't this enough?
>
> > How about some updates to the "Message Flow" section, especially the
> > section on "COPY Operations"?
>
> Yeah. You're adding a new fundamental state to the protocol; it's not
> enough to bury that in the description of a message format. I don't
> think a whole lot of new verbiage is needed, but the COPY section needs
> to point out that this is a different state that allows both send and
> receive, and explain what the conditions are for getting into and out of
> that state.

Is it sane that the new message has so specific a name?

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