On 10/16/23 12:12, Robert Haas wrote:
On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 12:06 PM Michael Banck <mba...@gmx.net> wrote:
Not sure what to do about this, but as people/companies start moving to
15, I am afraid we will get people complaining about this. I think
having exclusive mode still be the default for pg_start_backup() (albeit
deprecated) in one release and then dropping it in the next was too
fast.
I completely agree, and I said so at the time, but got shouted down. I
think the argument that exclusive backups were breaking anything at
all was very weak. Nobody was being forced to use them, and they broke
nothing for people who didn't.
My argument then (and now) is that exclusive backup prevented us from
making material improvements in backup and recovery. It was complicated,
duplicative (in code and docs), and entirely untested.
So you are correct that it was only dangerous to the people who were
using it (even if they did not know they were), but it was also a
barrier to progress.
Regards,
-David
