On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Yeb Havinga <yebhavi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd like to bring forward another suggestion (please tell me when it is > becoming spam). My feeling about replication_mode as is, is that is says in > the same parameter something about async or sync, as well as, if sync, which > method of feedback to the master. OTOH having two parameters would need > documentation that the feedback method may only be set if the > replication_mode was sync, as well as checks. So it is actually good to have > it all in one parameter > > But somehow the shoe pinches, because async feels different from the other > three parameters. There is a way to move async out of the enumeration: > > synchronous_replication_mode = off | recv | fsync | replay
ISTM that we need to get more feedback from users to determine which is the best. So, how about leaving the parameter as it is and revisiting this topic later? Since it's not difficult to change the parameter later, we will not regret even if we delay that determination. Regards, -- Fujii Masao NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION NTT Open Source Software Center -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
