On 19 December 2012 22:19, Joshua Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> wrote: > >> It stalled because the patch author decided not to implement the >> request to detect recovery.conf in data directory, which allows >> backwards compatibility. > > Well, I don't think we had agreement on how important backwards compatibility > for recovery.conf was, particularly not on the whole > recovery.conf/recovery.done functionality and the wierd formatting of > recovery.conf.
As ever, we spent much energy on debating backwards compatibility rather than just solving the problem it posed, which is fairly easy to solve. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
