Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode

[Christophe Pettus]

> On Feb 24, 2019, at 22:49, David Steele <da...@pgmasters.net> wrote:
> This is a good idea -- but I'm still a bit mystified why the ability to run a 
> backup in shell script is considered to be a hard requirement. Just about any 
> language you can name performs non-exclusive backups with ease -- except 
> shell.  Perhaps the problem is with the language?

Many installations have a high degree of discomfort implementing system 
management functionality in something other than bash.  It can be for any 
number of reasons: previous bad experiences (*cough* RHEL/Python *cough*), the 
feeling that too many dependencies are dragged in, or just lack of familiarity 
with them.

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