Re: [DOCS] Replication documentation addition - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: [DOCS] Replication documentation addition
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Msg-id 20061026155535.GU26892@nasby.net
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In response to Re: [DOCS] Replication documentation addition  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: [DOCS] Replication documentation addition  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 08:42:07PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> > Something else worth doing though is to have a paragraph explaining why
> > there's no built-in replication. I don't have time to write something
> > right now, but I can do it later tonight if no one beats me to it.
>
> I thought that was implied in the early paragraph about why there are
> many solutions.

I think we should explicitely spell it out, especially considering how
many times people ask about it. How about...

 This multitude of choices is why PostgreSQL does not ship with a
 replication solution by default; any bundled solution would only
 satisfy a subset of replication needs.

(sorry for the non-standard patch, but anoncvs isn't sync'd up yet).
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Jim Nasby                                            jim@nasby.net
EnterpriseDB      http://enterprisedb.com      512.569.9461 (cell)

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