Re: Feature Request: pg_replication_master() - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Feature Request: pg_replication_master()
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Msg-id CA+Tgmoad8Gi6hfK_6jt3fQnztai-vHG=sjiDf=ThrHsfSaa+QA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Feature Request: pg_replication_master()  (Joshua Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: Feature Request: pg_replication_master()  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Joshua Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
>> As ever, we spent much energy on debating backwards compatibility
>> rather than just solving the problem it posed, which is fairly easy
>> to
>> solve.
>
> Well, IIRC, the debate was primarily of *your* making.  Almost everyone else on the thread was fine with the original
patch,and it was nearly done for 9.2 before you stepped in.  I can't find anyone else on that thread who thought that
backwardscompatibility was more important than fixing the API. 

+1.  Let's JFDI.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company



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