On 2016-02-13 23:25:06 +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> Internally replication slots have an ephemeral form, where the slot is
> dropped automatically on crash recovery.
And upon release (including a <PANIC disconnect). Using those is what
Magnus and I just were chatting about on IRC. There'll be some
interesting division of work between the receivexlog child and the main
basebackup; so it's not entirely trivial. I do think this an important
improvement.
- Andres
