On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 07:23:33PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote: >> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> > Heikki said "...remove pg_ctl -m fast/smart option altogether. There >> > is no need to expose that to users." >> > >> > So it is no longer exposed to users. If there are others that share >> > that opinion we may change this. >> >> /me blinks. >> >> I'm not sure we truly need two types of promotion. But if we do, it >> makes no sense to me to have it and not allow users to select the one >> they want. > > I am also confused why we would have two promotion modes. Either the > default mode works, or it doesn't, and we fix it. If there is enough > concern that fast promotion will not work, should we remove that > ability?
I don't have any other reason than that fast promotion is less stable. I agree that we should spend the time testing the feature rather than adding the workaround in this case. Regards, -- Fujii Masao -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
