Here is a minimally updated new patch version to resolve a merge conflict.
On 2020-06-24 10:00, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Here is another stab at this subject.
>
> This is a much simplified variant: When encountering a parameter change
> in the WAL that is higher than the standby's current setting, we log a
> warning (instead of an error until now) and pause recovery. If you
> resume (unpause) recovery, the instance shuts down as before.
>
> This allows you to keep your standbys running for a bit (depending on
> lag requirements) and schedule the required restart more deliberately.
>
> I had previously suggested making this new behavior configurable, but
> there didn't seem to be much interest in that, so I have not included
> that there.
>
> The documentation changes are mostly carried over from previous patch
> versions (but adjusted for the actual behavior of the patch).
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