On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> Killing active sessions when it's not absolutely necessary is not an
>>> asset.
>
>> That's a highly arguable point and I certainly don't agree with it.
>
> Your examples appear to rely on the assumption that background processes
> exit instantly when the postmaster dies. Which they should not.
But they do.
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