Re: Beta1 announcement: alpha1 draft - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: Beta1 announcement: alpha1 draft
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Msg-id 20160429113210.GS10850@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: Beta1 announcement: alpha1 draft  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Beta1 announcement: alpha1 draft  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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* Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us) wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 07:14:22AM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> > > Damn, which means I need to test mine too.  Where are these changes
> > > documented?
> >
> > The changes are to pg_start/stop_backup and their updated definitions
> > can be reviewed here:
> >
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/functions-admin.html
> >
> > Note that it's technically backwards compatible, however, the existing
> > exclusive backup approach is bad and may mean that the database doesn't
> > automatically recover from a crash which happens while the backup is
> > running.  All backup tools should be updated to the new APIs to avoid
> > that risk.
>
> Is this risk new?  Is it documented?

No, it's not new.  I'm not sure off-hand if it's documented.

Thanks!

Stephen

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