| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Allow wal_keep_segments to keep all segments |
| Date: | 2010-06-03 19:35:35 |
| Message-ID: | 201006031935.o53JZZj21358@momjian.us |
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Excerpts from Bruce Momjian's message of jue jun 03 08:36:28 -0400 2010:
>
> > Using this only temporarily is mentioned in the doc patch. Do I need
> > more?
>
> Yeah, it's far too easy to miss. Besides, I think the wording you used
> is ambiguous -- it can be read as "the server will temporarily keep all
> segments if you set it to -1", which is not the same thing at all. If
> you can't add a 20-point-font red blinking warning with a pink dancing
> elephant in a tutu, maybe it's best to not offer the dangerous setting
> in the first place.
Well, it seems enough people don't want this features that I am not
going to add it. If we decide we want it later, we can add it.
--
Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ None of us is going to be here forever. +
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