Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make standby server continuously retry restoring the next WAL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> -1. it isn't necessary for PITR. It's a new requirement for
> standby_mode='on', unless we add the file size check into the backend. I
> think we should add the file size check to the backend instead and save
> admins the headache.

I think the file size check needs to be in the backend purely on safety
grounds.  Whether we make pg_standby useful for this context is a
different discussion.
        regards, tom lane