On 2018-Oct-03, Michael Paquier wrote: > There could be an argument for having an automatic more within this > scheme, still I am not really a fan of this. When somebody integrates > pg_upgrade within an upgrade framework, they would likely test if > cloning actually works, bumping immediately on a failure, no? I'd like > to think that copy should be the default, cloning being available as an > option. Cloning is not supported on many filesystems anyway..
I'm not clear what interface are you proposing. Maybe they would just use the clone-or-fail mode, and note whether it fails? If that's not it, please explain. -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
