Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Steele
Subject Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode
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Msg-id 153172c1-674b-5624-5b34-068ea9e8dbd8@pgmasters.net
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In response to Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode  (Martín Marqués <martin@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On 3/1/19 11:36 AM, Martín Marqués wrote:
> El jue., 28 de feb. de 2019 a la(s) 23:50, Michael Paquier
> (michael@paquier.xyz) escribió:
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 11:07:47PM -0300, Martín Marqués wrote:
>>> El 28/2/19 a las 15:13, David Steele escribió:
>>> +   <para>
>>> +     The exclusive backup method is deprecated and should be avoided in
>>> favor
>>> +     of the non-exclusive backup method or
>>> +     <application>pg_basebackup</application>.
>>> +   </para>
>>>
>>> Isn't pg_basebackup a non-exclusive backup method?
>>
>> It seems to me that it is exactly what this sentence means.  Perhaps
>> it should be splitted into two sentences for better clarity?
> 
> When I read that phrase I see 2 options: non-exclusive backups, and
> pg_basebackup. It's as if pg_basebackup wasn't included in the former
> group. It might bring some confusion.

This has been updated on the other thread and I CC'd you.

-- 
-David
david@pgmasters.net


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