Re: Core team statement on replication in PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 
> > > Added to TODO:
> > > 
> > >         o Reduce PITR WAL file size by removing full page writes and
> > >           by removing trailing bytes to improve compression
> > 
> > If we remove full page writes, how does hint bit setting get propagated
> > to the slave?
> 
> We would remove full page writes that are needed for crash recovery, but
> perhaps keep other full pages.

How do you tell which is which?

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