Re: New trigger option of pg_standby

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Guillaume Smet <guillaume(dot)smet(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: New trigger option of pg_standby
Date: 2009-05-13 18:57:53
Message-ID: 14644.1242241073@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> That's a lot more drastic change to make in beta. Besides, the proposed
> fix required backend changes. I think we should keep it in contrib. (At
> least for this release: If we get more integrated replication options in
> 8.5, that would be a good time to move pg_standby out of contrib if
> that's what we want.)

The proposed fix requires coordinated changes in the core and
pg_standby. That would be a lot *harder* if pg_standby were external.
Since we've evidently not gotten this API quite right yet, I think we
should be keeping pg_standby in contrib until we do, ie the API has been
stable for awhile ...

regards, tom lane

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