Re: patch to allow disable of WAL recycling - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: patch to allow disable of WAL recycling
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Msg-id CA+TgmobGUUrnbYevMhU+6NovtHY74iGpZGknDLe4SP7XnRiwsg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: patch to allow disable of WAL recycling  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 1:02 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> Well, I don't have a problem reading long texts; my problem is that I'm
> unable to argue as quickly.

That's my secret weapon... except that it's not much of a secret.

> I do buy your argument, though (if reluctantly); in particular I was
> worried to offer a parameter (to turn off zero-filling of segments) that
> would enable dangerous behavior, but then I realized we also have
> fsync=off of which the same thing can be said.  So I agree we should
> have two GUCs, properly explained, with a warning where appropriate.

OK, thanks.

-- 
Robert Haas
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